“You have a great deal of confidence in the horse, and also in your ability to make the race a square one.”
“I never copper my own bets.”
The broker took the required amount of money from the safe and put it into his pocket.
“What sort of a place is it?”
“It’s a gambling house, but you will be used respectfully, and any money staked there in the regular way is safe.”
“Shall I find you here when I return?”
“No; I’m going a part of the way with you.”
“Why not all the way?”
“I have reasons of my own for not doing so.”
The two men passed out of the office together, and were soon in the vicinity of the gambling house.