Don't you think we should stop ?" I said.
"On the whole I do," replied Rodd, glowering at Marnham, who, somewhat unsteadily, was engaged in wiping drops of brandy from his long beard.
"D----d if I do," exclaimed that worthy.

"When I was young and played with gentlemen they always gave losers an opportunity of revenge." "Then," replied Anscombe with a flash of his eyes, "let us try to follow in the footsteps of the gentlemen with whom you played in your youth.

I suggest that we double the stakes." "That's right! That's the old form!" said Marnham.
The doctor half rose from his chair, then sat down again.
Watching him, I concluded that he believed his partner, a seasoned vessel, was not so drunk as he pretended to be, and either in an actual or a figurative sense, had a card up his sleeve.

If so, it remained there, for again we won; all the luck was with us.
"I am getting tired," drawled Anscombe.

"Lemon and water are not sustaining.