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A friendship blossoms thanks to a shared affection for gin rummy, but Jones slowly reveals Fish’s tenderness, the possibility of romance spreading out in front of him.

“Now, how about a game of gin rummy?”

During tough negotiations over a child care bill with Bob Packwood of Oregon, he challenged her to a game of gin rummy.

“After that, we’ll play board games. We love to play board games — dominoes, backgammon, gin rummy.”

It had been more than a few days since I’d dropped it in the mailbox, before playing gin rummy with Mr. Scanlon.