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| 35 | 234 | "View more quotes about otherwise">Otherwise," I said, "they might lose money, unintentionally". |
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| 35 | 231 | "I am not an investigating magistrate," he said, "with a rack in the next room". |
| 35 | 232 | "I understand," I said. |
| 35 | 233 | "Presumably," he said, "those gambling on behalf of the house would wish to have some advantage in the matter". |
| 35 | 234 | "Otherwise," I said, "they might lose money, unintentionally". |
| 35 | 235 | "'Unintentionally'?" he smiled. |
| 35 | 236 | "It is important," I said, "for the patron to win occasionally, else he might abandon the game, or grow suspicious". |
| 35 | 237 | "And how," he asked, "does the house obtain its advantage? Are there apertures in the ceiling through which an accomplice, perhaps with a glass, might somehow signal the house's player, are there loitering observers nearby, in a position to read cards, and convey signals?" "I do not think so," I said. |