\'Youwantittothrowitaway。Idon\'tapproveofit；socomewithme。\'
\'But，\'saidDare，\'Iarrivedherewithahundrednapoleonsandmore，expresslytoworkoutmytheoryofchancesandrecurrences，whichissound；Ihavestudiedithundredsoftimesbythehelpofthis。\'Hepartiallydrewfromhispocketthelittlevolumethatwehavebeforeseeninhishands。\'IfIonlypersevereinmysystem，thecertaintythatImustwinisalmostmathematical。Ihavestakedandlosttwohundredandthirty-threetimes。Allowingoutofthatonechanceineverythirty-six，whichistheaverageofzerobeingmarked，andtwohundredandfourtimesforthebackersoftheothernumbers，Ihavethemathematicalexpectationofsixtimesatleast，whichwouldnearlyrecoupme。AndshallI，then，sacrificethatvastfoundationofwastechancesthatIhavelaiddown，andpaidfor，merelyforwantofalittlereadymoney?\'
\'Youmightpersevereforatwelvemonth，andstillnotgetthebetterofyourreverses。Timetellsinfavourofthebank。
Justimagineforthesakeofargumentthatallthepeoplewhohaveeverplacedastakeuponacertainnumbertobeonepersonplayingcontinuously。Hasthatimaginarypersonwon?
Theexistenceofthebankisasufficientanswer。\'