When he knew that he was within a few shillings of bankruptcy he said,-- 'I am very sorry to leave such agreeable society, but if I play any more I shall never get to sea.

Look at my purse!' holding it up and shaking it, 'it is very nearly empty.' 'Luck will change,' said Madame Duvet.

'You shall go partners with me,' pointing to a large heap of money and counters.
'I should be only too happy if I could bring anything to the bank, said Owen; 'but I am too proud to be a penniless partner.' 'You need only bring yourself,' said Madame Duvet, lowering her voice, and giving such a glance from a pair of fine black eyes as few men could have withstood.
Perhaps Owen would have yielded to it, for he was by no means a hero, had not a sudden vision of Gladys passed before his mind, followed by one of his mother, just as he had seen her when she bade him that last solemn good-night only the Tuesday in that very week.

How the vision came he knew not, nor did he pause to ask; but it gave him strength to resist the temptation to begin regular gambling, a vice he had hitherto steadily avoided.
'No,' he said, with a merry laugh; 'I cannot afford to run into debt.' 'Mortgage those entailed farms of yours,' said Howel.

'I wouldn't mind lending you a trifle on them.' 'And I will lend you five pounds without a mortgage,' said Netta.
'Can't afford to borrow or mortgage,' laughed Owen.