That is what I want now!' 'I thought so,' returned the same man.

'Then who knows but the gentleman, anticipating our objection to play for love, civilly desired to play for money ?' The old man replied by shaking the little purse in his eager hand, and then throwing it down upon the table, and gathering up the cards as a miser would clutch at gold.
'Oh! That indeed,' said Isaac; 'if that's what the gentleman meant, I beg the gentleman's pardon.

Is this the gentleman's little purse?
A very pretty little purse.

Rather a light purse,' added Isaac, throwing it into the air and catching it dexterously, 'but enough to amuse a gentleman for half an hour or so.' 'We'll make a four-handed game of it, and take in Groves,' said the stout man.

'Come, Jemmy.' The landlord, who conducted himself like one who was well used to such little parties, approached the table and took his seat.