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'I'd rather do anything than undergo that horrid noise, replied Sponge, ringing his left ear with his forefinger. 'Let's have a game at cards, then, rejoined Facey soothingly, seeing he had sufficiently agonized Sponge. 'Cards, replied Mr. Sponge. 'Cards, repeated he thoughtfully, stroking his hairy chin.
He did, as an actual fact, miss Cards terribly. There were so many places, so many things that were connected with him, but he found, as a kind of reward, that Bobby Galleon was more of a friend than before. Now that Cards had departed Galleon came a little out of his shell. He anticipated, obviously with very considerable enjoyment, that year when he would have Peter all to himself.
There was Ted Mathers, half dressed, no collar, with a bottle of whiskey on the table, playing some wretched game of cards by himself. Elizabeth, what a brute that man is!" She shook her head. "Go on," she said. "What about Wenham?" "He was there in a corner, gazing out of the window. When I came he sprang up, but when he saw who it was, he he tried to hide. He was afraid of me."
Every one was to play except the two smallest, who were really too little to grasp a card; Kalle wanted, indeed, to have them too, but it could not be managed. They played beggar-my-neighbor and Black Peter. Grandmother's cards had to be read out to her. The conversation still went on among the elder people. "How do you like working for the farmer at Stone Farm?" asked Kalle.
"You sing like one inspired, Beatrice," he said. "I was thinking of you," she replied; and he saw by the dreamy, rapt expression of her face that she meant what she had said. Presently Lord Airlie was summoned to Lady Helena's assistance in some little argument over cards, and Beatrice, while her fingers strayed mechanically over the keys, arrived at her decision. She would see Hugh.
"Don't be afraid, I'll pay you back soon's ever me ship comes home," went on the young scapegrace, who very well knew how to play his cards. At his companion's heated disclaimer, however, he changed his tone. "I say, Dick, have a look at my foot, will you? I can't get this damned boot off." The elder man bent over the injury. He ceased to show displeasure.
When the order was given to unmoor ship, to make sail, or to furl the sails, every one knew where to go and what to do. The station billets were cards on which the various evolutions of the ship had been printed in a column on the left, while the particular duty of the owner of the card was written against it.
Bob and myself were soon talking over old times and sipping juleps, until at last we got a stack of chips and a deck of cards, and began to play for a small limit. Presently a tall, portly, fine looking gentleman came up to the table, and appeared to be so interested that I invited him to take a hand, as we were playing for a small limit just to pass away time.
I remember... " He paused, then sat down; and they all did the same. He looked at them one by one with distant kindness. "I remember," he continued, and his strangely articulated fingers folded about the thing on the table beside him, "when" here the cards caught his eye. His face underwent a change.
It is full of wonder and pathos and terror and fascination, even to those who are somewhat familiar with such experiences. But Flossy and her boy had never heard, or dreamed of its like. No, I am wrong; the boy had dreamed of scenes just so wild and daring, but even he had not fancied that such people ever found their way to Sunday-schools. Peanuts, cigars, a pack of cards, and a bowie-knife!
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