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But the officer was pinching him. "Sh! See there!" A half-drunken trooper was interrupting the game. He had reeled forward to the table, and seemed to be addressing himself to Matthews, who, as he answered, glanced up indifferently. The trooper continued, emphasising his words by raising a clenched fist and striking the board a blow. The chip-piles toppled. He turned to those about, gesticulating.
In front of the other players were other chip-piles. About the five, hanging over them, almost pressing upon them, were a number of troopers. Two or three were idle onlookers. But the majority were following with excited interest every turn of the cards. "Wretches being plucked of their good six months' pay," whispered Fraser. "Looks like they're in for all night," Lounsbury returned.
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