… speak or think of any other, unless by way of blasphemy, oaths and curses, when he has had a bad [p. 83] run at cards or dice. He has not the least notion of friendship; but would ruin his own brother, if it might be of any advantage to …
… whose debt amounted to more than £ 60,000 by 1789, at a game of Faro with her guests, who seem mesmerized by the dice that are about to fall. The characters’ fascination with what is happening at the gaming table blinds them to the …