[The Chink in the Armour by Marie Belloc Lowndes]@TWC D-Link bookThe Chink in the Armour CHAPTER XII 10/22
I wish I had been there, for I might have followed your luck!" They all four walked out of the Casino.
It was a very dark night. "And what will you do with all that money ?" Monsieur Wachner solicitously inquired.
"It is a great sum to carry about, is it not ?" "It is far better to carry about one's money than to trust it to anyone but to a well-managed bank," exclaimed his wife, before Anna could answer the question.
"As for the hotel-keepers, I would not trust them with one penny.
What happened to a friend of ours, eh, Fritz, tell them that ?" They were now packed into an open carriage, and driving towards the Pension Malfait. "I don't know what you are talking about," said her husband, crossly. "Yes, you do! That friend of ours who was boarding in one of those small houses in the Condamine at Monte Carlo, and who one day won a lot of money.
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