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How to Live Well on Nothing a Year

           

           Atgamesofcardshewasequallyskilful;forthoughhewouldconstantlylosemoneyatthecommencementofanevening,playingsocarelesslyandmakingsuchblunders,thatnewcomerswereofteninclinedtothinkmeanlyofhistalent;yetwhenrousedtoactionandawakenedtocautionbyrepeatedsmalllosses,itwasremarkedthatCrawley’splaybecamequitedifferent,andthathewasprettysureofbeatinghisenemythoroughlybeforethenightwasover.Indeed,veryfewmencouldsaythattheyeverhadthebetterofhim.Hissuccessesweresorepeatedthatnowondertheenviousandthevanquishedspokesometimeswithbitternessregardingthem.AndastheFrenchsayoftheDukeofWellington,whoneversufferedadefeat,thatonlyanastonishingseriesofluckyaccidentsenabledhimtobeaninvariablewinner;yeteventheyallowthathecheatedatWaterloo,andwasenabledtowinthelastgreattrick:soitwashintedatheadquartersinEnglandthatsomefoulplaymusthavetakenplaceinordertoaccountforthecontinuoussuccessesofColonelCrawley.

           ThoughFrascati’sandtheSalonwereopenatthattimeinParis,themaniaforplaywassowidelyspreadthatthepublicgambling-roomsdidnotsufficeforthegeneralardour,andgamblingwentoninprivatehousesasmuchasiftherehadbeennopublicmeansforgratifyingthepassion.AtCrawley’scharminglittlereunionsofaneveningthisfatalamusementcommonlywaspractisedmuchtogood-naturedlittleMrs.Crawley’sannoyance.

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