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Ficsur
[Bends over and adds up the sum on the ground.] Ten—fourteen—twenty-three You owe two thousand, four hundred.
Liliom
Now what?
Ficsur
[Takes a card out of the deck and gives it to him.] Here's the red ace. You can play double or nothing again.
Liliom
[Eagerly.] Good. [Gets another card.] Enough.
Ficsur
[Turns up his own cards.] Nineteen.
Liliom
You win again. [Almost imploring.] Give me an ace again. Give me the green one. [Takes a card.] Double or nothing.
Ficsur
Not any more.
Liliom
Why not?
