He did not gamble, never playing for more than the club stakes and bets.

He gave to the matter his whole mind, and must have excelled those who were generally opposed to him.

But so obdurate was fortune to Lord Alfred that he could not make money even of whist.

Melmotte was very anxious to get into Lord Alfred's club,--The Peripatetics.

It was pleasant to see the grace with which he lost his money, and the sweet intimacy with which he called his lordship Alfred.