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Mystery at Monte Carlo Card Table Ends in Trial
An English narrator chronicles a scheme by Nina de Gourieff and confederates to fix a trente et quarante game in Monte Carlo. A concealed pack of cards, a cascade of gold, and a passport reveal Russian ties and Nihilist links. The hunchback Remenyi is arrested. Nina escapes with winnings. later reports trace her exile to Nerchinsk, Siberia.
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Petersburg
Flo
Monte Carro
Louis
Madame de Goubreff
Pasquale
Remenyi
Grand Hotel
Nice
Fair Masker
Quai Massena
Nina de Gourieff
de Gourieff
Monte Carlo
Au Revoir
Hotel Des Anglais
Bureau of the Administration
Vera Severine
St. Petersburg
Madame de Gourieff
Zurich Council of Twenty
Romenyi
Ulus
Madame Severine
Cruzel
Tailleur
Madame de Gourleft
Madame
Madame da Gourieff
Nina de Gourie
Monaco
Moscow
Nerchinsk
Siberia
Trente-Et-Quarante
Gallerie
Charles III
Ninage Gowriad