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Tweed had told them he was taking them to dinner at Mungano's, the most expensive restaurant in town. Paula opened a clothes cupboard. `I've got a new outfit, protectively covered, in here. They will appreciate your gesture.' `It's what all of you deserve.' `You're sitting there like a statue looking so incredibly thoughtful. Why?' `I'm really wondering whether I got this case right.' `What? I don't understand.' `A phrase someone uttered keeps singing through my mind.' `What phrase?' she asked, perching on his desk. `You remember they were playing roulette in the library? And Marshal got furious, lifted the wheel off the table, threw it out onto the terrace.' `Yes.' `Do you recall what Warner Chance then said?' `No, I don't. What did he say?' "Winner takes all."'