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led a cheat.
During the month that I spent in Corfuwaiting for the arrival of M. VenierI did not devote any time to the
studyeither moral or physicalof the countryforexcepting the days on which I was on dutyI passed my
life at the coffee-houseintent upon the gameand sinkingas a matter of courseunder the adverse fortune
which I braved with obstinacy. I never wonand I had not the moral strength to stop till all my means were
gone. The only comfort I hadand a sorry one trulywas to hear the banker himself call me--perhaps
sarcastically--a fine playerevery time I lost a large stake. My misery was at its heightwhen new life was
infused in me by the booming of the guns fired in honour of the arrival of the bailo. He was on board the
Europaa frigate of seventy-two gunsand he had taken only eight days to sail from Venice to Corfu. The
moment he cast anchorthe bailo hoisted his flag of captain-general of the Venetian navyand the proveditore
hauled down his own colours. The Republic of Venice has not on the sea any authority greater than that of
Bailo to the Porte. The Chevalier Venier had with him a distinguished and brilliant suite; Count Annibal
GamberaCount Charles Zenobioboth Venetian noblemen of the first classand the Marquis d'Anchotti of
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