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’
We
are
at
Homburg
,
in
the
famous
Salon
d
’
Or
,
at
the
height
of
the
season
.
The
Countess
(
exquisitely
dressed
)
is
seated
at
the
green
table
.
Strangers
of
all
nations
are
standing
behind
the
players
,
venturing
their
money
or
only
looking
on
.
My
Lord
is
among
the
strangers
.
He
is
struck
by
the
Countess
’
s
personal
appearance
,
in
which
beauties
and
defects
are
fantastically
mingled
in
the
most
attractive
manner
.
He
watches
the
Countess
’
s
game
,
and
places
his
money
where
he
sees
her
deposit
her
own
little
stake
.
She
looks
round
at
him
,
and
says
,
"
Don
’
t
trust
to
my
colour
;
I
have
been
unlucky
the
whole
evening
.
Place
your
stake
on
the
other
colour
,
and
you
may
have
a
chance
of
winning
.
"
My
Lord
(
a
true
Englishman
)
blushes
,
bows
,
and
obeys
.
The
Countess
proves
to
be
a
prophet
.
She
loses
again
.
My
Lord
wins
twice
the
sum
that
he
has
risked
.
’
The
Countess
rises
from
the
table
.
She
has
no
more
money
,
and
she
offers
my
Lord
her
chair
.
’
Instead
of
taking
it
,
he
politely
places
his
winnings
in
her
hand
,
and
begs
her
to
accept
the
loan
as
a
favour
to
himself
.
The
Countess
stakes
again
,
and
loses
again
.
My
Lord
smiles
superbly
,
and
presses
a
second
loan
on
her
.
From
that
moment
her
luck
turns
.
She
wins
,
and
wins
largely
.
Her
brother
,
the
Baron
,
trying
his
fortune
in
another
room
,
hears
of
what
is
going
on
,
and
joins
my
Lord
and
the
Countess
.
’
Pay
attention
,
if
you
please
,
to
the
Baron
.
He
is
delineated
as
a
remarkable
and
interesting
character
.
’
This
noble
person
has
begun
life
with
a
single
-
minded
devotion
to
the
science
of
experimental
chemistry
,
very
surprising
in
a
young
and
handsome
man
with
a
brilliant
future
before
him
.
A
profound
knowledge
of
the
occult
sciences
has
persuaded
the
Baron
that
it
is
possible
to
solve
the
famous
problem
called
the
"
Philosopher
’
s
Stone
.
"
His
own
pecuniary
resources
have
long
since
been
exhausted
by
his
costly
experiments
.
His
sister
has
next
supplied
him
with
the
small
fortune
at
her
disposal
:
reserving
only
the
family
jewels
,
placed
in
the
charge
of
her
banker
and
friend
at
Frankfort
.
The
Countess
’
s
fortune
also
being
swallowed
up
,
the
Baron
has
in
a
fatal
moment
sought
for
new
supplies
at
the
gaming
table
.
He
proves
,
at
starting
on
his
perilous
career
,
to
be
a
favourite
of
fortune
;
wins
largely
,
and
,
alas
!
profanes
his
noble
enthusiasm
for
science
by
yielding
his
soul
to
the
all
-
debasing
passion
of
the
gamester
.
’
At
the
period
of
the
Play
,
the
Baron
’
s
good
fortune
has
deserted
him
.
He
sees
his
way
to
a
crowning
experiment
in
the
fatal
search
after
the
secret
of
transmuting
the
baser
elements
into
gold
.
But
how
is
he
to
pay
the
preliminary
expenses
?
Destiny
,
like
a
mocking
echo
,
answers
,
How
?
’
Will
his
sister
’
s
winnings
(
with
my
Lord
’
s
money
)
prove
large
enough
to
help
him
?
Eager
for
this
result
,
he
gives
the
Countess
his
advice
how
to
play
.
From
that
disastrous
moment
the
infection
of
his
own
adverse
fortune
spreads
to
his
sister
.
She
loses
again
,
and
again
—
loses
to
the
last
farthing
.
’
The
amiable
and
wealthy
Lord
offers
a
third
loan
;
but
the
scrupulous
Countess
positively
refuses
to
take
it
.
On
leaving
the
table
,
she
presents
her
brother
to
my
Lord
.
The
gentlemen
fall
into
pleasant
talk
.
My
Lord
asks
leave
to
pay
his
respects
to
the
Countess
,
the
next
morning
,
at
her
hotel
.
The
Baron
hospitably
invites
him
to
breakfast
.
My
Lord
accepts
,
with
a
last
admiring
glance
at
the
Countess
which
does
not
escape
her
brother
’
s
observation
,
and
takes
his
leave
for
the
night
.
