Life is a matter of reconciliation. On a spiritual level, we must reconcile our dreams with reality. On a practical level, we must reconcile our income with our outgo, a difficult matter at best - and you can imagine the problem it poses for Clarence Porter. Clarence is forty-ish and stylish, well spoken, charming, and a prince of good fellows. But he is no judge of horseflesh, nor is he able to predict the fall of the ball at roulette, or the draw of the card at black jack. And so, Clarence is, as they say, strapped.