Chapter 10

           Assoonastheimmediategamewewerewatchingwasfinished,theplayersrose,andgreetedLuciowithagooddealofeagernessandeffusion.Iinstinctivelyguessedfromtheirmannerthattheylookeduponhimasaninfluentialmemberoftheclub,apersonlikelytolendthemmoneytogamblewith,andotherwisetoobligetheminvariousways,financiallyspeaking.Heintroducedmetothemall,andIwasnotslowtoperceivetheeffectmynamehaduponmostofthem.IwasaskedifIwouldjoininagameofbaccarat,andIreadilyconsented.Thestakeswereruinouslyhigh,butIhadnoneedtofalterforthat.Oneoftheplayersnearmewasafair-hairedyoungman,handsomeinfaceandofaristocraticbearinghehadbeenintroducedtomeasViscountLynton.Inoticedhimparticularlyonaccountoftherecklesswayhehadofdoublinghisstakessuddenlyandapparentlyoutofmerebravado,andwhenhelost,ashemostlydid,helaugheduproariouslyasthoughheweredrunkordelirious.OnfirstbeginningtoplayIwasentirelyindifferentastotheresultsofthegame,caringnothingatallastowhetherIhadlossesorgains.Luciodidnotjoinus,butsatapart,quietlyobservant,andwatchingme,soIfancied,morethananyone.Andaschancewouldhaveit,alltheluckcamemyway,andIwonsteadily.ThemoreIwonthemoreexcitedIbecame,tillpresentlymyhumourchangedandIwasseizedbyawhimsicaldesiretolose.IsupposeitwasthetouchofsomebetterimpulseinmynaturethatmademewishthisforyoungLynton’ssake.

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