When the purse was empty a friend of the better would bring another, and so the game went on almost in silence.

The game called Monte seemed to be the favorite.

How long these sacks of gold lasted or who eventually got the whole I never knew.

This was a new country with new people, and many seemed to be engaged in a business that was new, strange and hazardous.

The final result of all this was what puzzled me.
We now followed the road up the mountain to Georgetown.