8. THE TRAVELLERS' CLUB,
next the Athenseum in Pall Mall, originated soon after the peace
of 1814, in a suggestion of the late Lord Londonderry, then Lord
Castlereagh, for the resort of gentlemen who had resided or
travelled abroad, as well as with a view to the accommodation of
foreigners, who, when properly recommended, receive an invitation
for the period of their stay.[41] Here Prince Talleyrand was
fond of a game at Whist. With all the advantage of his great
imperturbability of face, he is said to have been an indifferent
player.
[41] Quarterly Review, No. cx. p. 481.
Rule 10 of the club directs, 'that no dice and no game of hazard
be allowed in the rooms of the club, nor any higher stake than
guinea points, and that no cards be introduced before dinner.'
CHAPTER VII.
DOINGS IN GAMING HOUSES.
Besides the aristocratic establishments just described, there
were numerous houses or places of resort for gambling, genteel
and ungenteel. In vain did the officers of the law seem to exert
their utmost vigilance; if they drove the serpent out of one hole
it soon glided into another; never was the proverb--'Where
there's a will there's a way'--more strikingly fulfilled.
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