Title: Monsieur Beaucaire
Description: The young Frenchman did very well what he had planned to do. His guess that the Duke would cheat proved good. As the unshod half-dozen figures that had been standing noiselessly in the entryway stole softly into the shadows of the chamber, he leaned across the table and smilingly plucked a card out of the big Englishman's sleeve.
Subjects: Classic Literature, Fiction, Gambling, Social life and customs, Fiction, general, Manners and customs, Library, Personal copy
Places: Bath (England), England, Bath
Time periods: 18th century