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The Mississippi Bubble

CHAPTER VI
7/9

Should I falter, when luck gave me the run of _trente et le va_ but yesterday?
Nay, ever follow fortune hard, and she waits for you." "Yes," said Will, scornfully.

"You would get the name of gambler, and add to it the name of fortune-hunting, heiress-seeking adventurer." "Not so," replied John Law, taking snuff calmly and still keeping the evenness of his temper.

"My own fortune, as I admit, I keep safe at the Green Lion.

For the rest, I seek at the start only respectful footing with this maid herself.

When first I saw her, I knew well enough how the end would be.


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