“My first big mistake was made when, in a moment of weakness, I consented to learn the game; for a man who can frankly say I do notplay bridge is allowed to go over in the corner and run thepianola by himself, while the poor neophyte, no matter how much he may protest that he isn't at all a good player, in fact I'm perfectly rotten, is never believed, but dragged into a game where it is discovered, too late, that hespoke the truth.”
