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IN the hall below Mr. Tanner had finished his game, and stood watching the shameless efforts of Sergeant Totty to assist the accidents of chance. He made a little noise of protest when Totty deliberately took a card from the top of the pack and put it at the bottom.
"A man who would cheat himself at patience would commit almost any crime except robbing a bank to feed the poor," he said.