two
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The scheme took shape and at once lent a passionate interest to his play . Orsino had no system and generally left everything to chance , but he had no sooner determined that he must win than he improvised a method , and began to play carefully . Of course he lost , and as he saw his heap of notes diminishing , he filled his glass more and more often . By two o'clock he had but five hundred francs left , his face was deadly pale , the lights dazzled him and his hands moved uncertainly . He held the bank and he knew that if he lost on the card he must borrow money , which he did not wish to do . He dealt himself a five of spades , and glanced at the stakes . They were considerable .