“Well, I hope I take some dough off him,” I say. “By the way my name’s Frayme—Selby Frayme. Do you play high stakes around here?”
He shrugs his shoulders.
“What you like, Señor Frayme,” he says. “For us the roof ees always the limit.”
I say O.K. Then I go an’ sit down at a table and order myself a high ball. I decide it is not very much good my tryin’ to muscle in an’ talk to Henrietta while this guy is stickin’ around.
The time goes on. Periera takes me over an’ introduces me to some party sittin’ at a big table. These guys are pretty warm-hearted guys an’ the women with them can certainly dance. If I hadn’t had my mind on the job all the time I would certainly have enjoyed that dancin’.
About two o’clock people start movin’, an’ in half an hour’s time the place is pretty empty, exce
