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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Lin McLean by Owen Wister: behind the game.
"I guess I'll leave the train go without me," said Lin, buying five
dollars" worth more of ivory counters. So that train came and went,
removing eastward Mr. McLean's trunk.
During the hour that followed his voice grew dogged and his remarks
briefer, as he continually purchased more chips from the now surprised
and sympathetic dealer. It was really wonderful how steadily Lin lost--
just as steadily as his predecessor had won after that meeting of eyes
early in the evening.
When Lin was three hundred dollars out, his voice began to clear of its
huskiness and a slight humor revolved and sparkled in his eye. When his
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