It was true that Kabir was friendly, but he was also almost always moody. His state of permanent impecuniosity attested to this. In the school, people could not explain this oxymoron of someone being moody and cheerful at the same time. Most of them, however, were never close enough to him to know of his financial affairs. Rumour had it that no matter how much money he had, he would always lose it at the cards. He was more of a compulsive gambler than a habitual one since the money was not regular in coming.