"gambling's against the law."
"anything interesting is. besides, you see any money on the table?" he sat down. that made 5 of us. "how was it Harry?" somebody asked him. "not bad, not bad." the other guy went on upstairs. they were bad players really. they didn't bother to memorize the deck. they didn't know whether the high numbers or low numbers were left. and basically they hit too high, didn't hold low enough. when the other guy came down he gave me a five. "how was it, Marty?" "not bad. she's got ... some fine movements." "hit me!" I said. "nice clean girl. I ride it myself." nobody said anything. "any big fires lately?" I asked. "naw. nothin' much."
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