But the Schoolmaster had none of the air of a victorious Gamester, and Deirdre's amiability was of a pattern with what he had imagined it the night before.
"The Pioneers"
Katharine Susannah Prichard
Mr. Thomasson indeed, who was only so far a Gamester as every man who had pretensions to be a gentleman was one at that time, and who had seldom, since the days of Lady Harrington's faro bank, staked more than he could afford, hesitated and looked dubious.
"The Castle Inn"
Stanley John Weyman
Does not the Gamester plead the unconquerableness of his passion?
"Anna St. Ives"
Thomas Holcroft