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:21:02
Well, now, this is new, isn't it?
:21:08
Yes. lt was mine.
:21:10
-We were playing poker. l lost it to him.
-You what?

:21:14
l lost it to him at poker.
:21:16
l had a straight, but he had better.
Tell him.

:21:20
-We were playing stud--
-What were the cards?

:21:23
-His or mine?
-His.

:21:25
-Aces on twos.
-You're lying, Marlowe!

:21:28
Why, Grey, what a thing to say!
lt was pathetic.

:21:31
l thought l had him with a straight...
:21:34
...so l threw in the lot.
Threw in the Ronson.

:21:37
How do you play stud, Marlowe?
:21:39
-Stud?
-Yes, how's it played?

:21:41
-Stud? You mean ordinary stud?
-Yes.

:21:45
We'll show you. There's nothing
like a demo.

:21:48
You see, it was my hole card--
:21:50
-l said l wanted you to tell me!
-Temper!

:21:54
Well, never mind. l don't need
the cards to show you.

:21:58
Four cards faceup.
You can imagine that.

:22:01
And one down, one in the hole.
:22:04
lt's just like Happy Families,
really, in the nursery.

:22:10
We never had a nursery, Marlowe.
:22:45
That was a close one.
:22:48
Too bloody true.
:22:53
Here.
:22:55
You're on the payroll from here
on in. Twenty bucks a week.


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