So...I'm guessing it's about girls in a brothel? The line about the matroness suggests she's selling Annie like merchandise. And I further guess the narrator's offering to take one of these girls away to a better life, so she'd be placing a 'bet' on the narrator.
So...I'm guessing it's about girls in a brothel? The line about the matroness suggests she's selling Annie like merchandise. And I further guess the narrator's offering to take one of these girls away to a better life, so she'd be placing a 'bet' on the narrator.