PARISIAN GAMBLING CLUBS 



gargantuan repast and Seidlitz disappeared : it was 

 now twelve-thirty. In less than ten minutes he 

 reappeared saying the five thousand francs would be 

 there at one-thirty : it was brought ! 



Put yourself in that position on a Sunday in a foreign 

 country and you might have a million's worth of 

 " junk " and not be able to raise a penny. What a 

 chancellor for an impecunious principahty ! Seidlitz 

 took a lot of interest in my work, but always preferred 

 to give his money a chance at baccarat rather than at 

 the races ; nevertheless would have a bet if I had an 

 extra strong fancy. He had theories, systems, great 

 schemes — financial and exploring, but hadn't the 

 stomach to see many of them through. 



i6o 



