Fancy the joy of giving you money!" She awoke a little from her lethargy.

She looked at him, startled.
"You haven't told me yet," he added, "how the game went last night ?" "I lost every penny of that thousand pounds," she declared.

"That is why I sent for my husband this morning and asked him to take me back to England.

I am getting afraid of the place.

My luck seems to have gone for ever." He laughed softly.
"That doesn't sound like you," he observed.