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鈥淵ouantheyagreed鈥tracycried
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alliontooneoddsaderesensefrohentthefirstbetedthateveryoneonboard,infivedollarstofivethousanddollarsandeverysinglebetanian
thesuspipedenearlyallthepassengershaveplacedustbeholdingthousanddollarsinbets鈥
theisseti鈥
鈥淵es,captain鈥
鈥淗aveyouverifiedthatthetenarereallypietegulesandborislnikov鈥
鈥淥h,yes,ofurse,sir鈥
鈥淭heresnochancetheye,isthere鈥
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thecaptainranhisfingersthroughhishair,apuzzledfroissrstevens鈥
鈥淣otathing,sirasfarasicandetee,theyretravelingseparately鈥
theellslikesokindofnga,andordinarilyiyself,andifthereylifeon,itsthefaasters鈥
by9:00fridayeveningthequeensrooirsteersoftheentoable,andtheothertables
鈥淪othattheplayersarentdistractedbyeachother,鈥jeffexplained鈥淎ndainintheychoose鈥
velvetropeshadbeenplacedaroundthetablestokeepthecrowdsb
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