"I'm the victim of the Accomplished Fact! Cash my checks! I'm going to join the Ladies' Aid!" "Aw, shut up," gasped the Transient.

"No sleep till morn where youth and booty meetsh! Give ush 'nother deck!" But Steve, having stacked his chips, folded the bills and put them in his pocket.
"What's the matter with you, you old fool ?" demanded the Eminent Person affectionately.

"You can't quit now." Steve rose, bowing to right and left, spreading his hand over his heart.

"Deeply as I regret and, as I might say, deplore, to quit a good easy game," he declaimed, "I must now remove myself from your big midst.

For a Lalla-Cooler can only be played once in one night.
Besides, I've always heard that no man ever quit ahead of the game, and I'm going to prove the rule.