Hoping to draw another king, which might give him a three higher than the three held by Abdul, he threw away the seven and the lower pair.

He caught another king.

The prince showed three queens and shrugged his shoulders.
Peter, leaning toward him, spoke out of the corner of his mouth.
"I'll make you a sporting proposition," he murmured.

"You owe me a hundred and fifty thousand francs.

I'll stake that against what only two men in the empire can give me." The prince allowed his eyes to travel slowly round the circle of the table.