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At
games
of
cards
he
was
equally
skilful
;
for
though
he
would
constantly
lose
money
at
the
commencement
of
an
evening
,
playing
so
carelessly
and
making
such
blunders
,
that
newcomers
were
often
inclined
to
think
meanly
of
his
talent
;
yet
when
roused
to
action
and
awakened
to
caution
by
repeated
small
losses
,
it
was
remarked
that
Crawley
's
play
became
quite
different
,
and
that
he
was
pretty
sure
of
beating
his
enemy
thoroughly
before
the
night
was
over
.
Indeed
,
very
few
men
could
say
that
they
ever
had
the
better
of
him
.
His
successes
were
so
repeated
that
no
wonder
the
envious
and
the
vanquished
spoke
sometimes
with
bitterness
regarding
them
.
And
as
the
French
say
of
the
Duke
of
Wellington
,
who
never
suffered
a
defeat
,
that
only
an
astonishing
series
of
lucky
accidents
enabled
him
to
be
an
invariable
winner
;
yet
even
they
allow
that
he
cheated
at
Waterloo
,
and
was
enabled
to
win
the
last
great
trick
:
so
it
was
hinted
at
headquarters
in
England
that
some
foul
play
must
have
taken
place
in
order
to
account
for
the
continuous
successes
of
Colonel
Crawley
.
Though
Frascati
's
and
the
Salon
were
open
at
that
time
in
Paris
,
the
mania
for
play
was
so
widely
spread
that
the
public
gambling-rooms
did
not
suffice
for
the
general
ardour
,
and
gambling
went
on
in
private
houses
as
much
as
if
there
had
been
no
public
means
for
gratifying
the
passion
.
At
Crawley
's
charming
little
reunions
of
an
evening
this
fatal
amusement
commonly
was
practised
--
much
to
good-natured
little
Mrs.
Crawley
's
annoyance
.
She
spoke
about
her
husband
's
passion
for
dice
with
the
deepest
grief
;
she
bewailed
it
to
everybody
who
came
to
her
house
.
She
besought
the
young
fellows
never
,
never
to
touch
a
box
;
and
when
young
Green
,
of
the
Rifles
,
lost
a
very
considerable
sum
of
money
,
Rebecca
passed
a
whole
night
in
tears
,
as
the
servant
told
the
unfortunate
young
gentleman
,
and
actually
went
on
her
knees
to
her
husband
to
beseech
him
to
remit
the
debt
,
and
burn
the
acknowledgement
.
How
could
he
?
He
had
lost
just
as
much
himself
to
Blackstone
of
the
Hussars
,
and
Count
Punter
of
the
Hanoverian
Cavalry
.
Green
might
have
any
decent
time
;
but
pay
?
--
of
course
he
must
pay
;
to
talk
of
burning
IOU
's
was
child
's
play
.
Other
officers
,
chiefly
young
--
for
the
young
fellows
gathered
round
Mrs.
Crawley
--
came
from
her
parties
with
long
faces
,
having
dropped
more
or
less
money
at
her
fatal
card-tables
.
Her
house
began
to
have
an
unfortunate
reputation
.
The
old
hands
warned
the
less
experienced
of
their
danger
.
Colonel
O'Dowd
,
of
the
--
th
regiment
,
one
of
those
occupying
in
Paris
,
warned
Lieutenant
Spooney
of
that
corps
.
A
loud
and
violent
fracas
took
place
between
the
infantry
Colonel
and
his
lady
,
who
were
dining
at
the
Cafe
de
Paris
,
and
Colonel
and
Mrs.
Crawley
;
who
were
also
taking
their
meal
there
.
The
ladies
engaged
on
both
sides
.
Mrs.
O'Dowd
snapped
her
fingers
in
Mrs.
Crawley
's
face
and
called
her
husband
"
no
betther
than
a
black-leg
.
"
Colonel
Crawley
challenged
Colonel
O'Dowd
,
C.B.
The
Commander-in-Chief
hearing
of
the
dispute
sent
for
Colonel
Crawley
,
who
was
getting
ready
the
same
pistols
"
which
he
shot
Captain
Marker
,
"
and
had
such
a
conversation
with
him
that
no
duel
took
place
.
If
Rebecca
had
not
gone
on
her
knees
to
General
Tufto
,
Crawley
would
have
been
sent
back
to
England
;
and
he
did
not
play
,
except
with
civilians
,
for
some
weeks
after
.
But
,
in
spite
of
Rawdon
's
undoubted
skill
and
constant
successes
,
it
became
evident
to
Rebecca
,
considering
these
things
,
that
their
position
was
but
a
precarious
one
,
and
that
,
even
although
they
paid
scarcely
anybody
,
their
little
capital
would
end
one
day
by
dwindling
into
zero
.
"
Gambling
,
"
she
would
say
,
"
dear
,
is
good
to
help
your
income
,
but
not
as
an
income
itself
.
Some
day
people
may
be
tired
of
play
,
and
then
where
are
we
?
"
Rawdon
acquiesced
in
the
justice
of
her
opinion
;
and
in
truth
he
had
remarked
that
after
a
few
nights
of
his
little
suppers
,
&
c.
,
gentlemen
were
tired
of
play
with
him
,
and
,
in
spite
of
Rebecca
's
charms
,
did
not
present
themselves
very
eagerly
.
Easy
and
pleasant
as
their
life
at
Paris
was
,
it
was
after
all
only
an
idle
dalliance
and
amiable
trifling
;
and
Rebecca
saw
that
she
must
push
Rawdon
's
fortune
in
their
own
country
.
She
must
get
him
a
place
or
appointment
at
home
or
in
the
colonies
,
and
she
determined
to
make
a
move
upon
England
as
soon
as
the
way
could
be
cleared
for
her
.
As
a
first
step
she
had
made
Crawley
sell
out
of
the
Guards
and
go
on
half-pay
.
His
function
as
aide-de-camp
to
General
Tufto
had
ceased
previously
.
Rebecca
laughed
in
all
companies
at
that
officer
,
at
his
toupee
(
which
he
mounted
on
coming
to
Paris
)
,
at
his
waistband
,
at
his
false
teeth
,
at
his
pretensions
to
be
a
lady-killer
above
all
,
and
his
absurd
vanity
in
fancying
every
woman
whom
he
came
near
was
in
love
with
him
.
It
was
to
Mrs.
Brent
,
the
beetle-browed
wife
of
Mr.
Commissary
Brent
,
to
whom
the
general
transferred
his
attentions
now
--
his
bouquets
,
his
dinners
at
the
restaurateurs
'
,
his
opera-boxes
,
and
his
knick-knacks
.
Poor
Mrs.
Tufto
was
no
more
happy
than
before
,
and
had
still
to
pass
long
evenings
alone
with
her
daughters
,
knowing
that
her
General
was
gone
off
scented
and
curled
to
stand
behind
Mrs.
Brent
's
chair
at
the
play
.
Becky
had
a
dozen
admirers
in
his
place
,
to
be
sure
,
and
could
cut
her
rival
to
pieces
with
her
wit
.
But
,
as
we
have
said
,
she
.
was
growing
tired
of
this
idle
social
life
:
opera-boxes
and
restaurateur
dinners
palled
upon
her
:
nosegays
could
not
be
laid
by
as
a
provision
for
future
years
:
and
she
could
not
live
upon
knick-knacks
,
laced
handkerchiefs
,
and
kid
gloves
.
She
felt
the
frivolity
of
pleasure
and
longed
for
more
substantial
benefits
.
At
this
juncture
news
arrived
which
was
spread
among
the
many
creditors
of
the
Colonel
at
Paris
,
and
which
caused
them
great
satisfaction
.
Miss
Crawley
,
the
rich
aunt
from
whom
he
expected
his
immense
inheritance
,
was
dying
;
the
Colonel
must
haste
to
her
bedside
.
Mrs.
Crawley
and
her
child
would
remain
behind
until
he
came
to
reclaim
them
.
He
departed
for
Calais
,
and
having
reached
that
place
in
safety
,
it
might
have
been
supposed
that
he
went
to
Dover
;
but
instead
he
took
the
diligence
to
Dunkirk
,
and
thence
travelled
to
Brussels
,
for
which
place
he
had
a
former
predilection
.
The
fact
is
,
he
owed
more
money
at
London
than
at
Paris
;
and
he
preferred
the
quiet
little
Belgian
city
to
either
of
the
more
noisy
capitals
.
