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‘I have made an enormous mistake.’
‘You are doing well.’
‘Fifteen.’
‘Seven more.’
‘That makes me twenty-two.’ [Thoughtfully, ‘Twenty-
two!’]
‘You weren’t expecting that double-six. If I had placed it
at the beginning, the whole play would have been changed.’
‘A two again.’
‘One.’
‘One! Well, five.’
‘I haven’t any.’
‘It was your play, I believe?’
‘Yes.’
‘Blank.’
‘What luck he has! Ah! You are lucky! [Long revery.]
Two.’
‘One.’
‘Neither five nor one. That’s bad for you.’
‘Domino.’
‘Plague take it!’

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