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(_Looking at least ten years older than she did two minutes before._) No, we've lost!
MRS. HENRY B. GORDING.
O! -- -- -- --.
MRS. WM. H. LANE.
I'm not going. I shall try once more!
MRS. HENRY B. GORDING.
So shall I.
MRS. WM. H. LANE.
And I don't believe the woman is that man's wife after all. If she had been we wouldn't have lost our dollars!
IV
MME. BORTe.
(_Leaning over a man's right shoulder for some gold on the table._) I beg pardon; that is my two louis!
MME. LAUTRE.
(_Leaning over the man's left shoulder._) But no, madame, it is mine! I put a louis down there!
MME. BORTe.
No, no! That is where I put mine. Give me my louis!
MME. LAUTRE.
But you are wrong, madame; it is my louis, and I shall keep it!
MME. BORTe.
But no, madame!
MME. LAUTRE.
But yes----!
THREE WOMEN BESIDE MME. BORTe.
Yes, madame is right. She certainly put a louis down there.
THE SAME NUMBER OF WOMEN BESIDE MME. LAUTRE.
No, it is the other madame who put the money down there.
A MAN ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE TABLE.
Ssss----
UN MONSIEUR.
Oh, the women! the women!--always rowing!
CROUPIER.
Make your plays, gentlemen!
MME. LAUTRE AND MME. BORTe.
(_Together; each to her own coterie._) You know perfectly it is my louis; isn't it? Oh, never in my life! Never! never!
(_The game continues, and so does the discussion._)
