FOOTNOTES:
[A] See Dessault, Traité de la Passion du Jeu.
[B] Even while I am writing these notes, I find almost the same incident recorded as a "modern instance," in a recent work by Lieutenant-Colonel Addison, entitled Traits and Stories of Anglo-Indian Life; but, despite the authority of Colonel Addison, I cannot but suspect that he has simply changed the venue, and that his story is but a rifacimento of the actual case alluded to above.
THE AMBER GODS.
[Concluded.]
Papa made Mr. Dudley stay and dine, and of course we were almost bored to death, when in came Rose again, stealing behind Lu's chair and showering her in the twilight with a rain of May-flowers.
"Now you'll have to gather them again," he said.
"Oh, how exquisite! how delicious! how I thank you!" she exclaimed, without disturbing one, however.