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Believe me, it is not good form.'
'Well, I'll try to keep out of it in future. It is horrid to see one's
sovereigns melting away; but there's a delightful excitement in
winning.'
'No doubt,' answered Maulevrier, with a remorseful sigh.
He spoke as a reformed plunger, and with many a bitter experience of the
race-course and the card-room. Even now, though he had steadied himself
wonderfully, he could not get on without a little mild gambling--half-crown
pool, whist with half-guinea points--but when he condescended to such small
stakes he felt that he had settled down into a respectable middle-aged
player, and had a right to rebuke the follies of youth.
Lesbia flew to the piano and sang one of her little German ballads
directly Maulevrier was gone. She felt as if a burden had been lifted
from her soul, now that she was able to pay Mr. Smithson without waiting
to ask Lady Maulevrier for the money. And as she sang she meditated upon
Maulevrier's remarks about Smithson. He knew nothing to the man's
discredit, except that he had grown rich in a short space of time.


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