Mademoiselle Marine raised worried eyes to the gentleman on her left. "I really do not know what I should do," she sighed. "This game, it is too strange." The man smiled and pressed closer to her to suggest a strategy and she smiled as if he'd done her a great favor. His clothes were long since askew and he recklessly shoved another handful of chips to the pot as Marine whispered her admiration for him.
"Oh, Dominique, these Englishmen do play so earnestly!" she laughed. She glanced at Paddy. They had already taken enough tonight to make them all happy for a while, but this set had Delia's attention and the man next to her was whispering about diamonds in her hair... she didn't thinke she had diamonds there but maybe he wanted to put them in? She knew she had a new set of diamond earrings, and lord only knew how much new jewelry Delia had after a night to their own devices.
On the other hand, she had no idea what time it was. The night was mostly lost in a haze of laughter, cards and alcohol. If it was even the same night. She and Delia had been known to lose track of time... "Oh, our dear cousin. Percy, I am ever so grateful you introduced us to your charming friends." She smiled at the man next to her again. He leaned over to Paddy with his own grin and slurred something about school chums and good stars and keeping hidden cousins about more often. Mary took the opportunity to touch her right hand to her mask. Card count said they could win this if they wanted.