The House keeps a book. Every bet of record on the grounds — the friendlies, the presses, the Calcutta heists, and the ones too audacious to honour — entered so memory need not be trusted to the men who made them.
The House keeps a book. Every wager of record upon these grounds — open, settled, disputed, or too audacious to honour — is entered here, that memory may not be trusted to the men who made the bets.
