Today's Stichomancy for Alfred Hitchcock

The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Blix by Frank Norris:

threw down two high pairs. "No," he said; "I won't see you. What did you have? Let's see, just for the fun of it." Blix spread her cards on the table. "Not a blessed thing!" exclaimed Condy. "I might have known it. There's my last dollar gone, too. Lend me fifty cents, Blix." Blix shook her head.