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A GREEK TAKEN IN THE FACT. The restaurant of the Veau qui tête—Subscription ball—The card-room—A lucky player—Sauter la coupe—Mystification—The tell-tale hat—We are done 45 CHAPTER VI. THE GAMBLER RAYMOND. His infallible system—His agreeable manners—A Roulette player—Confidences—Revelations—In vein, and out of vein—The maturity of chances—Advice to players—Maxims—Influences—The gambler must be unmoved—Application of the system—A fortunate martingale—Mysterious meeting—Shorn of a beard—Ruin and misery—The Talisman—Raymond is a Greek—Useful information 54 CHAPTER VII. EDIFYING HISTORY OF A GREEK. Debauchery—Scheme to get money—The usurer Robineau—The bill of exchange—A false friend—Treason—Stay at Clichy—Initiation of a sharper—Release from prison 71 CHAPTER VIII. SECRET GAMBLING-HOUSES. Greeks both as dupers and duped—Andréas Tête d'Or—Secret inquiry—The human ostrich—The Society of Philosophers—Chaffard the bravo—Exploit of Tête d'Or—A Greek thrown out of window—Mystification 80 CHAPTER IX. SECRET GAMBLING-HOUSES—(continued). School of cheating—Travelling Greeks—Le Service—Formidable manœuvre—Imperceptible signs—The business of the Comtois—The coup de retraite—Abundant harvest—Prodigality and debauch—Fortune takes her reprisal 89 CHAPTER X. THE DOCTOR DUPED. The false capitalist—The rogue is bled—More confederates arrive—A good hand—The fleecing—The doctor bled 99 CHAPTER XI. THE PASTE RING. The amateur of precious stones—What a beautiful diamond!—A sovereign cure—Ah! if I were a rogue—A false paste ring!—The game is played—The tell-tale stamp investigation—The wanderer by night—The mysterious tripot—The sharper caught in a trap—Recriminations—The message—The false commissary of police—The Rue de Jerusalem—Unexpected dénoûement 106 CHAPTER XII. AN INFAMOUS SNARE. A young fool—Envy and covetousness—Aphorisms— Insinuations—Confidences—Influencing the game—Honest men are sometimes rogues—Mushrooms and cheating—The Greek moralist—Example of cheating—Initiation—Maxims and manipulations—Temptation—The Belgian capitalist—The cartes biseautées—Easily won—An insolvent gambler—Comedy—The Greek in despair—An infamous snare—Dishonour—Ruin—The faithless trustee—Separation of the philosophers—A virtuous Greek—Golden hopes—A beard again—A demi-millionaire 124 TECHNICAL PART. GENERAL PRINCIPLES. CHAPTER I. THE FALSE CUT. The saut de coupe—The passe-coupe—The cut above—The large card—The bridge—The bent card 158 CHAPTER II. FILER LA CARTE. To change a card 169