The king of spades by No. 2;
And the ace by No. 3.
This done, he shuffled the cards for some time, to draw off the attention of the spectators.
Addressing one of them, he asked him where the king was.
They, having seen the card in his right hand, and followed it closely with their eyes, point it out each time, and are never deceived.
The Greek pretended to be much annoyed at not being able to baffle the spectators.
He began again, and this time offered to make a large bet, that they would not find the card.
The people laughed, but did not venture to take his bet, when one amongst them, braver than the rest, a sort of country clown (to all appearance), stepped forward.
"That's capital," said he, with an oath, "I bet you twenty sous I guess where the king is."
The bet was accepted by the Greek who, turning over the card pointed out by the countryman, confessed he had lost, and paid the stake.