Now he had become the still centre of that spinning wheel of misfortune. The world turned around him... leaving him miraculously untouched. The croupier had reached his goal. He no longer heard the sound of the ball.

(...) now he had reached the point where he no longer heard the sound off the ball. The spin of the wheel had brought him home to the place where he was born. The croupiers mission was accomplished. He was master off the game. He had acquired the power to make you lose.

(The Croupier)