[The Chink in the Armour by Marie Belloc Lowndes]@TWC D-Link bookThe Chink in the Armour CHAPTER V 14/17
There was comparatively little talking among them, and each round of the monotonous game was got through far quicker than had been the case the week before.
Money was risked, lost, or gained, with extraordinary swiftness and precision. A good many of the people there, women as well as men, glanced idly for a moment at the two newcomers, but they soon looked away again, intent on their play. Sylvia felt keenly interested.
She could have stopped and watched the scene for hours without wanting to play herself; but Anna Wolsky soon grew restless, and started playing.
Even risking a few francs was better to her than not gambling at all! "It's an odd thing," she said in a low voice, "but I don't see here any of the people I'm accustomed to see at Monte Carlo.
As a rule, whenever one goes to this kind of place one meets people one has seen before.
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