By Anthony Esolen, Crisis - And if you are drawn in, says Lewis, it will not be mainly for hope of gain, but for fear of being cast outside, just when the cup is nearest to your lips. From then on you will be drawn a little farther from the rules, and farther still, and all in a friendly spirit. The result is inevitable, though that does not mean that people will see it: "It may end in a crash, a scandal, and penal servitude; it may in millions, a peerage, and giving the prizes at your old school. But you will be a scoundrel."