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But I 'm not . '' `` That 's ` ow it is , you see . You pretty soon gets sick of pulling off good things , if you ai n't got nobody to pat you on the back for doing of it . Why , when I was single , if I got ` old of a sure thing for the three o'clock race and picked up a couple of quid , the thrill of it did n't seem to linger somehow . But now , if some of the gentlemen that come ` ere put me on to something safe and I make a bit , ` arf the fascination of it is taking the stuff ` ome and rolling it on to the kitchen table and ` aving ` er pat me on the back . '' `` How about when you lose ? '' `` I do n't tell ` er , '' said Mac simply .