His interest in the game was not keen.

He played for the feeling it gave him of being one of the bunch, a man among his friends; or if not friends, at least acquaintances.

And, such was his varying luck with the cards, he played for an hour or so without having won enough to irritate his companions.

Wherefore he rose from the table at supper time calling one young fellow Frank quite naturally.

They went to the Alpine House and had supper together, and after that they sat in the office and talked about automobiles for an hour, which gave Bud a comforting sense of having fallen among friends.
Later they strolled over to a picture show which ran films two years behind their first release, and charged fifteen cents for the privilege of watching them.