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"Compulsive gambling is a sickness," she said, looking at me thoughtfully. She was wearing a shirtwaist and skirt that had the bright colors and fullness you associate with peasant dress. "The only sick thing about me is my bank account," I grinned, relishing her dark, romantic quality. COMPULSIVE GAMBLING IS A SICKNESS SHE SAID LOOKING AT ME THOUGHTFULLY SHE WAS WEARING A SHIRT WAIST AND SKIRT THAT HAD THE BRIGHT COLORS AND FULLNESS YOU ASSOCIATE WITH PEASANT DRESS THE ONLY THING SICK ABOUT ME IS MY BANK ACCOUNT I GRINNED RELISHING HER DARK ROMANTIC QUALITY
yed look around a room not yet dimmed by cigar smoke. I got the most baleful glare, I thought. He didn't need to worry. I'd been certified Normal by an expert that very evening. The expert was Dr. Shari King, whom I had taken to dinner before joining the game at Nick's. It had gotten to be a sort of weekly date--although this night had given signs of being the last one. For a while that spring, desoxyribonucleic acid had begun to take second place in my heart. This is a pitiful admission for a biochemist to make--DNA should be the cornerstone of his life. But Shari was something rare--a gorgeous woman, if somewhat distant, who was thoroughly intelligent. She had already earned her doctorate, while I was still struggling with the tag ends of my thesis. "Poker, Tex?" Shari had asked, when the waitress was bringing dessert. "Is this becoming a problem? You've played every night this week." "No problem, Shari," I said. "I'm winning, and I see no point in not pocketing all that found money.  BEAT THE ODDS HE SHOT A HARD EYED LOOK AROUND A ROOM NOT YET DIMMED BY CIGAR SMOKE I GOT THE MOST BALEFUL GLARE I THOUGHT HE DIDN'T NEED TO WORRY I'D BEEN CERTIFIED NORMAL BY AN EXPERT THAT VERY EVENING THE EXPERT WAS DOCTOR SHERRY KING WHOM I HAD TAKEN TO DINNER BEFORE JOINING THE GAME AT NIX IT HAD GOTTEN TO BE A SORT OF WEEKLY DATE ALTHOUGH THIS NIGHT HAD GIVEN SIGNS OF BEING THE LAST ONE FOR A WHILE THAT SPRING DEXY RIBA NUCLE ACID HAD BEGUN TO TAKE SECOND PLACE IN MY HEART THIS IS A PITIFUL ADMISSION FOR A BIO CHEMIST TO MAKE DIONAY SHOULD BE THE CORNER STONE OF HIS LIFE BUT SHERRY WAS SOMETHING RARE A GORGEOUS WOMAN IF SOMEWHAT DISTANT WHO WAS THOROUGHLY INTELLIGENT SHE HAD ALREADY EARNED HER DOCTORATE WHILE I WAS STILL STRUGGLING WITH THE TAG ENDS OF MY THESIS POKERTEX SHERRY HAD ASKED WHEN THE WAITRESS WAS BRINGING DESSERT IS THIS BECOMING A PROBLEM YOU'VE PLAYED EVERY NIGHT THIS WEEK NO PROBLEM SHERRY I SAID I'M WINNING AND I SEE NO POINT IN NOT POCKETING ALL THAT FOUND MONEY
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