Mark knew enough of cards to know that hazard was being played at the large table.

There was an inner room, and Mark strolled across and looked in.

It was at present untenanted; it contained a center table capable of holding four, and two or three small ones, with two chairs set in readiness to each.
"That is where the heavy play goes on," Boldero said.

"None of your four or five guineas wagers there, fifties and hundreds are nearer the mark, and I have seen a thousand wagered many a time.

It is exciting work even looking on, I can tell you; what it must be for the players I cannot say, but I should think it must be frightful." Mark took up his stand at the hazard table, and after looking on for some little time began to play.