MRS. WM. LANE.
(After a long excited sigh.) I don't know. I never can tell till I see them either taking up our chips, or else paying us!
MRS. HENRY B. GORDING.
(Breathlessly.) If I lose, I shall go.
MRS. WM. H. LANE.
So shall I! We've won!
MRS. HENRY B. GORDING.
Ah! — — — —.
MRS. WM. H. LANE.
(Looking at least ten years older than she did two minutes before.) No, we've lost!