real."

Mr. Walker was startled:

"Never lost a game? Oh, no, you can't scare me, Knight, tonight is the moment when you are about to lose. Come this way."

The three of them walked to the window at the end of the corridor together, and outside was the night view of Tobesk. Under the warm yellow gas light, Mr. Shade and Mr. Walker shuffled each other's cards, and then put their respective decks on the window sill together:

"One round determines the outcome."

Shade suggested:

"I'm still thinking about opera."

"no problem."

Mr. Walker nodded and narrowed his eyes to look at his deck.

But no one suggested that Miss Louisa, who was watching, act as the dealer. According to the unwritten rules of Rhodes, the dealer can only be male.

The two of them each drew the first card. As usual, this is the hole card, and you can choose to reveal it at the end. Shade's card was 13, and Mr. Walker looked at his hole card for a moment, then turned it over with a smile:

"Look, I'm lucky tonight."
Chapter completed!