Rawdon just gawped at him as he took his wrist, not sure what he was even doing at first. Then they managed to clink glasses, and he just laughed like an idiot for a little longer than really needed.
All around them, people were downing glasses, and apparently Dan was getting the right idea. They definitely were taking some more coke for the road. Under normal circumstances, Rawdon might have been a little suspicious. Who were these men? Why were they giving him drugs without payment? Of course, the most likely answer was that they wanted him totally out of his mind, so that he would lose horrible at cards and give them all his money.
More fool them. He had no money, and as luck would have it, the cocaine was actually making him more alert, he was more confident than ever, and that would only translate over to his game. Wouldn't it?
"Of course it will!" he exclaimed suddenly, even though nothing else had been said aloud. He accepted another snort of cocaine, the heady high intensifying. Fuck, he felt so good.