card was a loser

But that night I thought of her whole fate and everything lay before
me like a meadow in the full light of morning which is slowly being devoured by a forest and is only there temporarily.
This person had put all her money on one card and now she was defending it. But the card was a loser and the more she put on, the more she lost: she knew all about it, but she probably just wated to get rid of her money, she couldn't help it anymore. That's what happened to this great woman, a special effort on God's part, and it's what could happen to any of us: you get assulted in broad daylight, that's how secure we all are on this planet.