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〃I should think you were always a gambler。 The spirit of gambling appeals to you。〃

〃Every day and in every way a gambler? You are about right。 Don't you find something stimulating in it? To risk all on one throw … there is nothing like it。〃

Calm and stolid as she believed herself to be; Katherine felt a faint answering thrill。

〃I want to talk to you;〃 went on Derek; 〃and who knows when I may have another opportunity? There is an idea going about that I murdered my wife … no; please don't interrupt。 It is absurd; of course。〃 He paused for a minute or two; then went on; speaking more deliberately。 〃In dealing with the police and Local Authorities here I have had to pretend to … well … a certain decency。 I prefer not to pretend with you。 I meant to marry money。 I was on the look out for money when I first met Ruth Van Aldin。 She had the look of a slim Madonna about her; and I … well … I made all sorts of good resolutions … and was bitterly disillusioned。 My wife was in love with another man when she married me。 She never cared for me in the least。 Oh; I am not plaining; the thing was a perfectly respectable bargain。 She wanted Leconbury and I wanted money。 The trouble arose simply through Ruth's American blood。 Without caring a pin for me; she would have liked me to be continually dancing attendance。 Time and again she as good as told me that she had bought me and that I belonged to her。 The result was that I behaved abominably to her。 My father…in…l

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