[The Chink in the Armour by Marie Belloc Lowndes]@TWC D-Link bookThe Chink in the Armour CHAPTER XII 7/22
I shan't play to-morrow.
I shall take a rest--I deserve a rest!" She looked extraordinarily excited and happy. "Shall we drop you at the Pension Malfait ?" said Madame Wachner amiably. "It is right on our way home, you know.
I, too, have made money--" she chuckled joyously. Madame Wachner left the two friends standing in the hall while she went to look for her husband in the public gambling room, and as they stood there Sylvia became conscious that they were being stared at with a great deal of interest and curiosity.
The news of Anna Wolsky's extraordinary good luck had evidently spread. "I wish I had come in a little earlier," said Sylvia presently.
"I've never seen you take the Bank before.
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