Riche nodded, and taking Marcel's arm the two hurriedly left the room.
"I think I will take a photo of the scene," said Delapine to the others, "if you will allow me." So saying he rapidly focussed his camera on the lady who had lost her money, and seizing a favourable opportunity when no one was looking at him, pressed the button and secured her photograph.
"Why did you take her photograph?" said Renée, looking very anxious.
"You can trust me, can't you?" said the professor.
"Why of course. You know I didn't mean that. It can't be—Monsieur—" She saw a quivering of her lover's lips, and never concluded the sentence. A deadly pallor swept over her face, and she would have fallen had not Delapine steadied her with his arm.
"Now I think we have seen enough for to-day," said the professor, as he folded up his camera and led the way out of the Casino.
FOOTNOTES:
[19] As there are 36 numbers and one Zero, the chances are one in 37 in favour of the bank over those of the player, or 2.7 per cent., but owing to the refait which places the stakes on even chances into prison when Zero turns up, it reduces the percentage in favour of the bank on those chances to one half that, or 1.35 per cent. As, however, the money staked is turned over and over again, the bank makes 90 per cent. per annum on its total capital invested, which amounts to about twenty million francs annually.
[20] M. Blanc established the tables, and his family hold most of the shares.