For a few minutes nothing was heard but the rustling of cards, falling with lightning-like rapidity upon the table.
"Four aces . . . you're done for!"
"Shell out!"
"A jack!"
"A five . . . that's good. I'll at least make something."
"A queen of hearts."
"Have some consideration for the ladies!" persisted Cabinski.
"A queen of spades. Shell out!"
"Enough of that! Hurry and dress yourselves! The audience is already beginning to howl."
"If that amuses them, why interfere?"