The Gambler: resumen de Chapter 4

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1. Polina Alexandrovna gives the narrator six hundred gülden and promises to explain her urgent need for money that evening.
2. At the gaming tables, he studies apparent patterns in roulette, with observations supplied by Mr. Astley.
3. His winnings reach about 4000 gülden, but he risks the maximum stake and then loses his remaining money.
4. He tells Polina about the loss before lunch, then claims before their companions that he gambles with his own money.
5. A Frenchman’s criticism of Russian gamblers prompts him to attack both Russian recklessness and German devotion to accumulating wealth.
6. The General rebukes his conduct, while Polina remains apparently indifferent throughout lunch.

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