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For a considerable time he did not speak, and beca his cards about, al the board He was sitting next to Grendall, and he thought that he observed that his neighbour moved his chair farther and farther away froestaffe, as next to hi which Grendall still won,--and won heavily froue 'I never saw a fellow have such a run of luck in h 'You've had two truan!'

'Ever so many hands I haven't played at all,' said Miles

'You've alhen I've played,' said Dolly 'I've been looed every tie me one run of luck, when I've lost so an, had destroyed paper counters of his own , supposed to represent considerably above £1,000, and had also,--which was of infinitely greater concern to hiodsend to hi about it?' said Nidderdale 'I hate all this row about winning and losing Let's go on, or go to bed' The idea of going to bed was absurd So they went on Sir Felix, however, hardly spoke at all, played very little, and watched Miles Grendall without see to watch hio into the man's sleeve, and remembered at the moment that the winner had owed his success to a continued run of aces He was tempted to rush at once upon the player, and catch the card on his person But he feared Grendall was a big man; and where would he be if there should be no card there? And then, in the scramble, there would certainly be at any rate a doubt And he knew that theto believe such an accusation Grasslough was Grendall's friend, and Nidderdale and Dolly Longestaffe would infinitely rather be cheated than suspect any one of their own set of cheating them He feared both the violence of the ood huain watched, and again saw the card abstracted Thrice he saw it, till it onderful to him that others also should not see it As often as the deal came round, the man did it Felix watched more closely, and was certain that in each round thecould be easier At last he pleaded a headache, got up, and went away, leaving the others playing He had lost nearly a thousand pounds, but it had been all in paper 'There's soh