Tewson had been dining on board a French ship, and was going home with the two French officers, who were also there.

None of them had been in a gambling-house before, but it seems they had heard of this place, which was one of the most notorious dens in the town, and agreed to look in for a few minutes to see what it was like.

They began to play and had an extraordinary run of luck, winning something like four hundred pounds.

The bank was broken, and the Greeks wanted them to stop till some more money was procured.

This they would not do, and the Greeks then attacked them.