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game was worth the playing； and Rosselot played it with spirit and energy
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A BOOK OF SCOUNDRELS
unto the last card。 His appearance in court is ever memorable； and as his
ferret eyes glinted through glass at the President； he seemed the villain of
some Middle Age Romance。 His head； poised upon a lean； bony frame；
was embellished with a nose thin and sharp as the blade of a knife； his
tightly compressed lips were an indication of the rascal's determination。
‘Long as a day in Lent'that is how a spectator described him； and if ever
a sinister nature glared through a sinister figure； the Abb