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