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Greenwich Village

CHAPTER VI
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And, if you have, you have undoubtedly seen or perhaps even played the "Lafayette Game." It is a weird little game that is played for drinks, and requires quite a bit of skill.

It is well known to all frequenters; the only odd thing is that it is not better known.
"Americans are funny!" laughs Raymond Orteig.

"When I go abroad and see something which is new and different from what has been before, my instinct is to get hold of it and bring it back.

If I can I bring it back in actual bulk; if I were a writer I would bring it back in another way.

But through these years, while everyone has played our absurd little game, no one has ever suggested writing about it--until tonight!" Its name?
It is _Culbuto_.


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