The Lock and Key Library; Classic Mystery and Detective Stories, Vol. 1 of 10: North Europe; Russian, Swedish, Danish, Hungarian (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Excerpt from The Lock and Key Library; Classic Mystery and Detective Stories, Vol. 1 of 10: North Europe; Russian, Swedish, Danish, Hungarian

And you did not once allow yourself to be tempted to back the red? Your firmness astonishes me.

But what do you think of Hermann? Said one of the guests, pointing to a young engineer. He has never had a. Card in his hand in his life, he has never in his life laid a wager; and yet he sits here till five o'clock in'the morning watching our play.

Play interests me very much, said Hermann, but I am not in the position to sacrifice the necessary in the hope of winning the superfluous.

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