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| Preface | iii |
| AN ANECDOTE BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION. |
| A dangerous professor | 1 |
| CHAPTER I. |
| MODERN GREEKS. |
| Origin of the name "Greek"—The first gambling houses—Invention of Roulette—Hunt for dupes—Opening of tripots or low gambling-houses—The Greek described—Different classes of sharpers | 15 |
| CHAPTER II. |
| THE GREEK OF FASHIONABLE LIFE. |
| Wonderful acuteness—Refined sleight-of-hand—Delicacy of touch | 22 |
| CHAPTER III. |
| THE GREEK OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES. |
| The "Comtois" and "Amazone"—Tricks and frauds—An heir expectant—Game at Bouillotte—A rich pocket-book—The bill to pay—Dupers duped | 26 |
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| CHAPTER IV. |
| THE GREEK OF THE TRIPOT. |
| His abject condition—The public-house—Pretended stupidity—Dupes fleeced—Acting the countryman—Table d'hÔte—The pellets—A good farce—Deception—The three cards—The countryman's bet—Clever substitution—English rogues—Thimble-rig | 33 |
| CHAPTER V. |
| A GREEK TAKEN IN THE FACT. |
| The restaurant of the Veau qui tÊte—Subscription ball—The card-room—A lucky player—Sauter la coupe—Mystification—The tell-tale hat—We are done | 45 |
| 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 |
| CHAPTER VII. |
| EDIFYING HISTORY OF A GREEK. |
| Debauchery—Scheme to get money—The usurer Robineau—The bill of exchange—A false friend—Treason—Stay at Clichy—Initiation of a sharper—Release from prison | 71 |
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| CHAPTER VIII. |
| SECRET GAMBLING-HOUSES. |
| Greeks both as dupers and duped—AndrÉas TÊte d'Or—Secret inquiry—The human ostrich—The Society of Philosophers—Chaffard the bravo—Exploit of TÊte d'Or—A Greek thrown out of window—Mystification | 80 |
| CHAPTER IX. |
| SECRET GAMBLING-HOUSES—(continued). |
| School of cheating—Travelling Greeks—Le Service—Formidable manoeuvre—Imperceptible signs—The business of the Comtois—The coup de retraite—Abundant harvest—Prodigality and debauch—Fortune takes her reprisal | 89 |
| CHAPTER X. |
| THE DOCTOR DUPED. |
| The false capitalist—The rogue is bled—More confederates arrive—A good hand—The fleecing—The doctor bled | 99 |
| CHAPTER XI. |
| THE PASTE RING. |
| The amateur of precious stones—What a beautiful diamond!—A sovereign cure—Ah! if I were a rogue—A false paste ring!—The game is played—The tell-tale stamp investigation—The wanderer by night—The mysterious tripot—The sharper caught in a trap—Recriminations—The message—The false commissary of police—The Rue de Jerusalem—Unexpected dÉnoÛement | 106 |
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| CHAPTER XII. |
| AN INFAMOUS SNARE. |
| A young fool—Envy and covetousness—Aphorisms— Insinuations—Confidences—Influen
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