"There was a very strong feeling against him, but no one suspected him of unfair play.

It was he who introduced baccarat here, when his regiment first came up.

It had never been played here before, and you may notice that very few of his fellow officers ever take a hand.
"Well, there will be no harm in our watching.

It is a thing that one doesn't like doing but, when it comes to a fellow officer being swindled, it is clearly our duty to expose the man who is doing it." "Very well, then, this evening two of us will take our stand behind Gordon, and the other two behind Sanders." "But how did he cheat?
It seems a fair game enough." "He does it in this way.

He puts five sovereigns under his hand.
That is the limit, you know.