"And Harris is a kind of uncertain fellow—neither one thing nor another."
"Sure."
"Sam Winslow hasn't enough stamina to resist temptation of any sort."
"Go on."
"Harvey Dare is a pretty decent chap, but he doesn't care a rap what people think or say of him."
"Well?"
"Hans Dunnerwust has been inveigled into the game, and I am going to do my best to make him break away."
Bart drew a deep breath.
"Go ahead, Frank," he said, "and I hope you may succeed in your missionary work. You didn't name my failings, but I have them, or they have me, for I can't break away from them."
"You can if you will try. Make a desperate effort, Bart. Think how differently you are situated than I, who was born with a passion for gambling."