that is a fellow, he'd rather let some of that liquid gold run down his gullet than all the effeminate brands of European and French wine, and you take it from me!
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And so—
Well, of course we'd agreed to quit at ten, but at ten the game was just going hot and heavy, and Verg Gunch was losing and he said, "My God," he said, "you got to give me my chance for revenge," and we agreed that after all that was only fair, and so we agreed to play till midnight and then quit and hit the hay.
Well, somehow or other, I don't exactly remember the details, at midnight we agreed to play till two, and at two we all said that after all, hang it, we were tired from our work in the city and we needed some recreation, and so we'd play till dawn and sleep all next day and get in some fishing late in the afternoon. So that was agreed. And then we had another little feed.
Say, that fellow, Joe Minchin, he certainly is one high roller.
