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Monte Carlo gamblers lure and a Russian scheme
The narrator watches a young Englishman and an American bride at the Monte Carlo casino fall into a dangerous poker of loans and deceit. A Russian prince pressures them to gamble and steals appear imminent as they chase luck through the roulette rooms and Sporting club, amid luxury, danger, and a looming debt.
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John Ainsley
Monte Carlo
Ainsley
Jack
Monte
Baronne d'Esterelle
Cercle
Prive
Sporting Club
England
Hotel de Paris
Duchess and Demimondaine
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Vestiaire
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