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Two years later he is toping and caroling in an inn, faced with ruin and the loss of Jean Armour, whose father will not let him marry her.

From Time Magazine Archive

Every night, when Vermuijden is away, he is toping and playing—and losing, for the men he plays with know all his tricks and more.

From The MS. in a Red Box by Hamilton, John Arthur