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Next , since the Grandmother had not yet lunched -- she had scarcely for a moment left her chair -- one of the two Poles ran to the restaurant of the Casino , and brought her thence a cup of soup , and afterwards some tea . In fact , BOTH the Poles hastened to perform this office . Finally , towards the close of the day , when it was clear that the Grandmother was about to play her last bank-note , there could be seen standing behind her chair no fewer than six natives of Poland -- persons who , as yet , had been neither audible nor visible ; and as soon as ever the old lady played the note in question , they took no further notice of her , but pushed their way past her chair to the table ; seized the money , and staked it -- shouting and disputing the while , and arguing with the `` gentleman of honour '' -LRB- who also had forgotten the Grandmother 's existence -RRB- , as though he were their equal . Even when the Grandmother had lost her all , and was returning -LRB- about eight o'clock -RRB- to the hotel , some three or four Poles could not bring themselves to leave her , but went on running beside her chair and volubly protesting that the Grandmother had cheated them , and that she ought to be made to surrender what was not her own . Thus the party arrived at the hotel ; whence , presently , the gang of rascals was ejected neck and crop . According to Potapitch 's calculations , the Grandmother lost , that day , a total of ninety thousand roubles , in addition to the money which she had lost the day before . Every paper security which she had brought with her -- five percent bonds , internal loan scrip , and what not -- she had changed into cash .