Nine times Racksole won and the lady lost.

The other players, perceiving that the affair had resolved itself into a duel, stood back for the most part and watched those two.
Prince Aribert never stirred from his position behind the great red hat.

The game continued.

Racksole lost trifles from time to time, but ninety-nine hundredths of the luck was with him.

As an English spectator at the table remarked, 'he couldn't do wrong.' When midnight struck the lady in the red hat was reduced to a thousand francs.