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Gambling and fortune in Spain. A rich gentleman in Madrid relates how he won his fortune two years before when as a poor journalist having lost all of his own and some of his friend's money at the gaming tables, he broke the bank. Only later did the initial stake of a silver pesata he had seen on the floor resolve itself into a drop of water ... Supernatural or not? Narrative of the 'man's club' genre (cigars and after dinner bonhomie.) (PB)
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