Do you think you can sit at the table with Ronicky Doone, as they call him, and Jerry Smith and win from them this evening ?" "With any sort of luck--" "Leave the luck out of it.

John Mark has made a special request.
Tonight, McKeever, it's going to be your work to make the luck come to you.

Do you think you can ?" A faint smile began to dawn on the face of McKeever.

Never in his life had he heard news so sweet to his ear.

It meant, in brief, that he was to be trusted for the first time at real manipulation of the cards.