Strangers also were gathering.
The business of the place was at its topmost toss--it being two o'clock in the morning--and the rooms were full.
"How interesting!" observed Miss Lanman, at the other end of the table, pausing in her playing and staring.

McKibben, who was beside her, also paused.

"They're plunging.

Do look at all the money! Goodness, isn't she daring-looking--and he ?" Aileen's shining arm was moving deftly, showily about.
"Look at the bills he's breaking!" Lynde was taking out a thick layer of fresh, yellow bills which he was exchanging for gold.

"They make a striking pair, don't they ?" The board was now practically covered with Lynde's gold in quaint little stacks.