Croupier Page #3

- You want me drunk?

- I won't take that long!

(Church bell chimes)

Jack.

Wow.

You really are a beautiful woman.

It's not just inner beauty, is it?.

Turn around.

You're all I desire.

- Where did you get it?.

- I sold the car.

You shouldn't have done that.

I know what it meant to you.

I owe you for the rent.

It's only a car. I can get another.

- Take it back.

- No.

Till you sell your book.

Marion, let's face the truth.

Nobody is gonna publish it.

Of course they are.

You just have to be patient.

I'm betting on you.

I'm not much of a bet.

You are to me.

Come into my world.

You're my prisoner.

I've got something to tell you.

- I wanna hear it.

- I've got a job.

(Sighs)

- What job?

- In a casino.

As a croupier. Dealer.

How did you land that?.

It came my way. 450 a week.

450?

What did you do? Walk in and

say, I want to be a croupier?.

- Don't you need training?

- I had training.

In the Republic.

You were a croupier there?

You never told me that.

I thought you just knew

some gamblers.

- I start Monday week.

- 450 a week?

I've never earned that in my life.

You're an enigma, you are.

A f***ing enigma.

'I'm not an enigma.

Just a contradiction.'

You sold the car.

You've got a job.

What's the third thing?

Tell me.

There's no third thing.

Don't be superstitious.

I love you, Jack. You know that.

'And he half-loved Marion.

And she knew that, too.'

You trying to read my palm?

You've got such beautiful hands.

'The hands of a conjurer,

a woman told him once.

'Or a cardsharp.'

D'you work round here?

My office is in Shanghai.

- What do you do?

- I'm an arms dealer.

So, what line of work

are you in, then?

I'm an undertaker.

Really?

(Woman) Place your bets,

please.

- Jack Manfred.

- Jack Manfred. Table three.

And you have a new dealer.

Thank you.

'Usual bunch.

'They didn't know Jack,

but he knew them.'

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.

Where's the other fellow?

Where's Geoff?

- Where's Geoff?

- He's been re-assigned, sir.

Let's hope you know

how to do you job.

In fives.

Change.

What aftershave are you using?

'Never converse with the punters.

It slows things down.'

Money down.

'Speed is volume.

Volume is profit for the casino.

'Aim at 40 spins an hour.'

Place your bets, please.

No more bets. Thank you.

(Ball drops)

10 black.

'Ooh, the scab.

'Come in with three grand cash,

no questions asked.

'Launder it by getting a

casino cheque when you cash in.

'Jack wondered why

Mr Reynolds permitted it.

'There was no profit

in it for the casino.'

Place your bets, please.

'Or was there? '

13. Too many.

16. Too many.

15. Too many.

12. Too many.

11 double.

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