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Chapter 9

           Adiscreetlookingman-servantinsoberblackmadehisappearance,andataslightsignfromhismistresswhobowedtomeasIpassedher,proceededtoshowusupstairs.WetrodonacarpetofthesoftestfeltinfactInoticedthateverythingwasrenderedasnoiselessaspossibleinthisestablishment,theverydoorsbeingcoveredwiththickbaizeandswingingonsilenthinges.Ontheupperlanding,theservantknockedverycautiouslyataside-doorakeyturnedinthelock,andwewereadmittedintoalongdoubleroom,verybrilliantlylitwithelectriclamps,whichatafirstglanceseemedcrowdedwithmenplayingatrougeetnoirandbaccarat.SomelookedupasLucioenteredandnoddedsmilinglyothersglancedinquisitivelyatme,butourentrancewasotherwisescarcelynoticed.Luciodrawingmealongbythearm,satdowntowatchtheplayIfollowedhisexampleandpresentlyfoundmyselfinfectedbytheintenseexcitementwhichpermeatedtheroomlikethesilenttensionoftheairbeforeathunderstorm.Irecognisedthefacesofmanywellknownpublicmenmeneminentinpoliticsandsocietywhomonewouldneverhaveimaginedcapableofsupportingagamblingclubbytheirpresenceandauthority.ButItookcaretobetraynosignofsurprise,andquietlyobservedthegamesandthegamesterswithalmostasimpassiveademeanourasthatofmycompanion.IwaspreparedtoplayandtoloseIwasnotpreparedhoweverforthestrangescenewhichwassoontooccurandinwhichI,byforceofcircumstanceswascompelledtotakealeadingpart.

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