The narrator is not happy that he has been tricked into Simon Wheeler's story-telling antics. He is annoyed that he is stuck listening to these tales about Smiley's gambling. While he listens well, he is not amused, patient, or attentive.
Well for one it makes you feel good whenever you help someone else but it also let’s someone else feel loved. Helping other helps to teach selflessness to.
They wanted him to be their official burglar, as well as to make up the 14th member of their company. they were unsettled at the thought of having only 13 members.
