But I had cash, and having made a set
At them, and they at me, slap at Roulette.
And if 'twas natural to have gone within,
I soon discovered it was very flat:
A sovereign good for me it would have been
If I had had no sovereigns,—verbum sat!
I lost!—and took no note when all was done,
Except a note of how much they had won!
I cannot say they were a dirty set,
Because they clean'd me so completely out;