The Chevalier d'Auriac

The Chevalier d'Auriac by S. Levett Yeats is about a great party the young narrator throws with moody Captain de Gomeron amidst the throes of a terrible war. Excerpt: «'What says the score?' I looked at the once blank card on which I had jotted down the points and passed it to him with the answer: 'One hundred and twenty pounds of Paris, M. Gomeron.' 'De Gomeron, if you please, M. d'Auriac. Here is your money, see it is not Tournois,' and he slid a rouleau across the table towards me. I made no effort to take it; but, looking at the man with a sneer, answered…»