"Placeman" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... on every possible thing, as shown by the betting-book of the establishment—on births, deaths, and marriages; the length of a life; the duration of a ministry; a placeman's prospect of a coronet; the last scandal at Ranelagh or Madame Cornely's; or the shock of an earthquake! 'A man dropped down at the door of White's; he was carried into the house. Was he dead or not? The odds were immediately given and taken for and ...
— The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims - Volume II (of II) • Andrew Steinmetz |
