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

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TECHNICAL PART.

GENERAL PRINCIPLES.