The narrator (Faulkner) is staying

The narrator (Faulkner) is staying in Paris, after finishing his college education, and is exploring the amusements there. As a change from respectable establishments, he visits a low gambling house, where a variety of unsavoury characters are playing Rouge e Noir. He starts to win a great amount, which causes great interest and excitement among the other players. The atmosphere of the room, as a contrast to the respectable establishments he visited before, is powerfully described. This leads to a colourful depiction of a dissolute-looking elderly man, formerly a soldier in the French army, who encourages him to continue.

The narrator continues to win, until the bank is broken and playing ends. The old soldier advises him to keep his winnings safely tied in a handkerchief, and they drink champagne with the entire company. The old soldiers coffee for them both, as the other players leave; he seems anxious that the narrator should not be drunk when he goes home with his winnings. The narrator feels giddy and the old soldier advises him to stay there overnight, as it would not be safe for him to go home.

The bedroom where he is to stay, on the first floor, is a peaceful contrast to the atmosphere below, but he is aware of possible dangers. He locks the door of his room and lies on the bed, which is a four-poster bed, with his winnings under the pillow. He cannot sleep. He tries to distract his mind by studying the items in the room, which include a wash-stand, chairs and a picture on the wall; thus a convincing image of the room is given to the reader. The moonlight in the room brings to his mind a moonlit evening after a picnic years ago, which he thought he had forgotten.

This recollection is brought to an end when he becomes aware that the top of the bed is slowly descending. He moves away as the canopy, which contains a mattress, approaches and reaches the bed, evidently to suffocate the occupant. It is moved by a wooden screw which goes through the ceiling. After a few minutes the canopy gradually returns to its original position.

He realizes his coffee was drugged, but too strongly for him to sleep as intended. He escapes from the room, which is on the first floor, through the window and down a drainpipe. He goes to a prefecture of police, where a sub-prefect, who happens to be discussing a recent murder with colleagues, becomes quickly interested in the narrator's story. He returns with the sub-prefect and several assistants, who arrest the residents of the gambling house and investigate the machinery which moved the bed canopy.

The sub-prefect speculates that many individuals found drowned in the Seine were victims of the gambling house, with fake suicide notes. The old soldier was master of the gambling house; he is one of several later brought to justice.

Hasil (Bahasa Indonesia) 1:

Narator (Faulkner) adalah tinggal di Paris, setelah menyelesaikan pendidikan perguruan tinggi, dan mengeksplorasi hiburan di sana. Sebagai perubahan dari segi terhormat, ia mengunjungi rumah perjudian yang rendah, dimana berbagai karakter menjijikkan bermain Rouge e Noir. Dia mulai menang jumlah yang besar, yang menyebabkan minat yang besar dan kegembiraan di antara pemain lain. Suasana kamar, sebagai kontras dengan pendirian terhormat yang dikunjunginya sebelumnya, kuat dijelaskan. Hal ini menyebabkan gambaran berwarna-warni mencari cabul tua manusia, sebelumnya seorang prajurit dalam tentara Perancis, yang mendorong dia untuk melanjutkan.Narator terus menang, sampai bank rusak dan bermain berakhir. Prajurit tua menasihati dia untuk menjaga winnings aman diikat sapu tangan, dan mereka minum sampanye dengan seluruh perusahaan. Kopi prajurit tua untuk mereka berdua, sebagai pemain lain pergi; Dia tampak cemas bahwa narator tidak boleh mabuk ketika ia pulang dengan winnings. Narator merasa pusing dan prajurit tua menasihati dia untuk tinggal di sana dalam semalam, karena tidak akan aman bagi dia untuk pulang.Kamar tidur dimana dia akan tinggal, di lantai pertama, adalah damai kontras suasana di bawah ini, tapi dia sadar bahaya yang mungkin. Dia mengunci pintu kamar dan terletak di tempat tidur, yang merupakan tempat tidur 4 tiang, dengan winnings di bawah bantal. Dia tidak bisa tidur. Ia mencoba untuk mengalihkan pikiran dengan mempelajari barang-barang di Kamar, yang mencakup sebuah mencuci-berdiri, kursi dan gambar di dinding; dengan demikian gambaran meyakinkan kamar diberikan kepada pembaca. Cahaya bulan dalam kamar membawa ke pikiran terang bulan malam setelah piknik tahun yang lalu, yang dia pikir dia melupakan.Ingatan ini dibawa ke akhir ketika ia menjadi sadar bahwa atas tempat tidur perlahan-lahan turun. Ia bergerak menjauh kanopi, yang berisi kasur, pendekatan dan mencapai tempat tidur, jelas mencekik penghuni. Dipindahkan oleh sekrup kayu yang pergi melalui langit-langit. Setelah beberapa menit kanopi secara bertahap kembali ke posisi semula.Ia menyadari kopinya adalah dibius, tapi terlalu kuat bagi dia tidur sebagaimana dimaksud. Dia melarikan diri dari ruang, yang terletak di lantai pertama, melalui jendela dan drainpipe. Dia pergi ke sebuah Prefektur polisi, mana prefek sub, yang terjadi untuk mendiskusikan pembunuhan hari dengan rekan-rekan, menjadi cepat tertarik narrator's cerita. Ia kembali dengan sub prefek dan beberapa asisten, yang menangkap para penghuni rumah perjudian dan menyelidiki mesin yang pindah tempat tidur kanopi.The sub-prefect speculates that many individuals found drowned in the Seine were victims of the gambling house, with fake suicide notes. The old soldier was master of the gambling house; he is one of several later brought to justice.