Chapter 37: Fresh Cause for Exerting His Equanimity and Fortitude

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​⁠The reader may have observed, that Fathom, with all his circumspection, had a weak side, which exposed him to sundry mischances; this was his covetousness, which on some occasions became too hard for his discretion. At this period of time it was, by the circumstances of his situation, inflamed to a degree of rapacity. He was now prevailed upon to take a hand at whist or piquet, and even to wield t