Bertram had no belief in luck. He was not superstitious. A conspicuously
unsuccessful assistant accountant, he was planning to get married for
the second time. Quite quietly: St Luke's, Maida Hill, and then two
weeks in Bournemouth. But Dreuther, a director of Bertram's firm,
whimsically switches wedding and honeymoon to Monte Carlo. Inevitably
Bertram visits the Casino. Inevitably he loses. Then suddenly his system
starts working . . .
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