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Tsehhov daam koeraga Chekov Lady and the Lapdog

moscovite. Having lost a considerable sum at cards (at the game of faro) to the Duke of Orleans, Literary Encyclopedia: Pikovaia dama 10/20/2007 07:09 PM http://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=11210 Page 2 of 3 moscovite. Having lost a considerable sum at cards (at the game of faro) to the Duke of Orleans, which her husband refused to cover, she faced financial and social ruin. In desperation, she turned to the Count Saint-Germain, an occultist of dubious repute [on the subject of whom, thanks in part to Pushkin, a considerable literature ­ biographical, mystical and fictional ­ has now accumulated]. Saint-Germain gave her a three-card tip, with the aid of which she retrieved her loss against the Duke. Thereafter, the Countess revealed the formula to no one, except, some years later, to a young man named Chaplitsky, who won with it, having promised never to play again, and has since died in poverty.