ABSTRACT
Effects of Dissipation – Our Hero's literary Pursuits grow languid – His Mind suffers a temporary Enervation – Stings of Remorse –Embarrassments of Lady Mary – Her Means for Extrication – Proposes to introduce Charles to Lady Falsedice – Description of a titled Sharper, and her Associates – Douglas at the Countess's Rout – Advantages of Firmness – Transactions and Events of the Night – The various Modes with which Gaming brings Destruction – Resemblance between Fraudulent Gaming-houses, whether by Persons of Quality or no Quality, and Receptacles, described by Mr. Colquhoun's Treatise on the Police – The same in Principle, but more Comprehensive in mischievous Effects, in proportion to the Rank and Influence of the Offender – Adventure of the Highwayman – Recognized at the Countess's – Anxiety of her Ladyship and Associate – Apprehensions of some of the Friends of the House, from the Recollection of the Bow Street Officers – Conversation with Mr. Neville on Gaming, and the Countenance it receives from high Rank and higher Genius – Not countenanced by the highest Rank or highest Genius.
