I order an espresso, take it like a shot, order another, and sip that at the counter while staring dazedly out the window. Sufficiently caffeinated, I trudge forward. The seats return in the gold ...
You must never play baccarat again.” In a still more hypnotic state, Ma’m’selle moved dazedly to the cashier’s window, cashed the chip for its stamped value of 100,000 francs ($4,000), and ...