The Gambler Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

At length I returned from two weeks leave of absence to find that my patrons had
arrived three days ago in Roulettenberg. I received from them a welcome quite
different to that which I had expected. The General eyed me coldly, greeted me in
rather haughty fashion, and dismissed me to pay my respects to his sister. It was
clear that from SOMEWHERE money had been acquired.