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And so you made a bad break, Jack; is that it ?" "Yes, that is it." "And it cost you a fortune, and me a--husband.

Is that it, my friend ?" "I can afford you if you will stop your meddling," he said coolly.
"I see; I am to stop my meddling and you are to continue your downtown gambling in your own house in the evenings." "Precisely.

It happens that I am sufficiently familiar with the stock-market to make a decent living out of the Exchange; and it also happens that I am sufficiently fortunate with cards to make the pleasure of playing fairly remunerative.

Any man who can put up proper margin has a right to my services; any man whom I invite and who can take up his notes, has a right to play under my roof.