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Chapter 36

           "Iwouldn’tgiveupmyfourthousandofthebet,"saidAndrewStuart,ashetookhisseat,"forthreethousandninehundredandninety-nine."

           Theclockindicatedeighteenminutestonine.

           Theplayerstookuptheircards,butcouldnotkeeptheireyesofftheclock.Certainly,howeversecuretheyfelt,minuteshadneverseemedsolongtothem!

           "Seventeenminutestonine,"saidThomasFlanagan,ashecutthecardswhichRalphhandedtohim.

           Thentherewasamomentofsilence.Thegreatsaloonwasperfectlyquiet;butthemurmursofthecrowdoutsidewereheard,withnowandthenashrillcry.Thependulumbeattheseconds,whicheachplayereagerlycounted,ashelistened,withmathematicalregularity.

           "Sixteenminutestonine!"saidJohnSullivan,inavoicewhichbetrayedhisemotion.

           Oneminutemore,andthewagerwouldbewon.AndrewStuartandhispartnerssuspendedtheirgame.Theylefttheircards,andcountedtheseconds.

           Atthefortiethsecond,nothing.Atthefiftieth,stillnothing.

           Atthefifty-fifth,aloudcrywasheardinthestreet,followedbyapplause,hurrahs,andsomefiercegrowls.

           Theplayersrosefromtheirseats.

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