Grimsby instantly presented himself.

Lowborough glared fiercely at him, for Grimsby was almost as celebrated for his luck as he was for his ill-fortune.

However, they fell to work.

But Grimsby had much skill and little scruple, and whether he took advantage of the other's trembling, blinded eagerness to deal unfairly by him, I cannot undertake to say; but Lowborough lost again, and fell dead sick.
'"You'd better try once more," said Grimsby, leaning across the table.
And then he winked at me.
'"I've nothing to try with," said the poor devil, with a ghastly smile.
'"Oh, Huntingdon will lend you what you want," said the other.
'"No; you heard my oath," answered Lowborough, turning away in quiet despair.

And I took him by the arm and led him out.
'"Is it to be the last, Lowborough ?" I asked, when I got him into the street.
'"The last," he answered, somewhat against my expectation.