He called to them several times to make less noise, but they paid little or no attention to him.

He finally got up and went to the room with the intention of cleaning out the whole crowd.

He knocked and was admitted; greatly to his surprise, he found the party to be some merchants of the city, whom he had met the previous day.

They were playing poker, and invited him to take a hand.

Bill sat down at the table, and said that, inasmuch as they would not let him sleep, he wouldn't mind playing for a while, provided they would post him a little in the game, for he didn't know much about it.