crook the house在賭場做手腳

Because it all tied up with something I'd been thinking about for years. Since long before I ever ran into Phyllis Dietrichson. Because you know how it is, Keyes. In this business you can't sleep... for trying to figure out all the tricks they could pull on you. You're like the guy behind the roulette wheel... watching the customers to make sure they don't crook the house. And then one night, you get to thinking how you could crook the house yourself. And do it smart. Because you've got that wheel right under your hands. You know every notch in it by heart. And you figure all you need is a plant out front. A shill to put down the bet. And suddenly the doorbell rings... and the whole setup is right there in the room with you. Look, Keyes, I'm not trying to whitewash myself. I fought it, only I guess I didn't fight it hard enough. A man who'd never done me any dirt, except... he was married to a woman he didn't care anything about. And I did.

因為這一切，跟我琢磨多年的一樁心事對上了。 早在我遇見菲莉絲·狄特里奇森之前就是了。 因為你也知道，這行就是這樣，凱斯。 幹我們這行，你睡不著覺…… 淨想著他們會對你使什麼花招。 你就像輪盤賭檯後面那個人…… 盯著客人，別讓他們在賭場裡做手腳。 可有一天晚上，你不由得琢磨起來：自己幹嘛不也坑一把賭場呢。 而且幹得漂亮點。 因為那個輪盤就在你手底下。 上面每一個刻度你都爛熟於心。 你盤算著，只差前頭安一個自己人。 一個負責下注的托兒。 忽然，門鈴響了…… 整個局就擺在眼前，就在你屋裡。 聽著，凱斯，我不是想給自己洗白。 我掙扎過，只是我大概掙扎得還不夠狠。 一個人從沒坑過我，只不過…… 他娶的老婆，他壓根兒一點感情都沒有。 可我有。