midnight
There would be dances on the private yacht , and dinners , and teas , and fireworks . On the third night of his arrival he was joined by the owner of the yacht , a millionaire banker whose son was doing the honors as host . I believe that there was a musicale on board that night , and as the banker was n't particularly fond of this sort of entertainment , he inveigled his soldier friend to accompany him on a sight-seeing trip . At midnight they entered the temple of fortune . At first the soldier demurred ; but the banker told him that he had n't seen Monte Carlo unless he saw the wheel go around . So , laughing , they entered the halls . The passion for gaming is born in us all , man and woman alike , and is conceded by wise analysts to be the most furious of all passions and the most lasting .