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ALFRED DE ROSANN. 83 Markham, a deep blush overspreading his countenance. _“ Will you give me my revenge?” “ Cerfainly,”’ answered our hero; “if no one be desirous of taking your place, which, according to the laws of the game, you have forfeited.’ | ‘“ No—I am free to retain it, I faney,’’ returned Markham, having glanced hastily around upon the spectators near the table: “and as I have a twenty pound note in my pocket, we will put off the settle- ment of gains or losses till the fate of the next rubber be known.” “With pleasure,’’ said our hero. “I shall leave the ten sovereigns I before staked on the board.”’ “You may advance another five for me, Markham.”’ cried Belle-Rose, once more thrusting forward his head, having that evening expended a shilling’s worth of Rowland’s Macassar oil on his curls. “ Very wel, Count,” replied the toady. “Then I have ten sovereigns engaged once more, M. De Rosann.”’ ) ‘| will cover them,”’ answered our hero calmly ; and he placed the ten sovereigns he had already laid upon the table, in a heap. “?Tis bad to play on credit,” said the knight of the spectacles to his friend of the seals; for these two gentleman had been attentive observers of the game ever since they left Mrs. Robson, the one to seek his friend Lord Walter, and the other to procure a glass of lemonade for the banker’s spouse. But the former was totally unacquainted with Lord Walter; and Mrs. Robson never saw the latter with the promised beve- rage. ‘The reminiscence of their foolish ideas about the drama, which they had seen at the Haymarket and the Adelphi, were somewhat disagreeable chords to touch upon. v8 “TI hate credit: all debt is dishonest,’’ said Mr. Goldsmith, in answer to his friend’s remark. _ “ And yet your tailor told me the other day that you owed him five-and-thirty pounds,’’ observed Mr. Jenkins. Gomichbooks