In 1890, the third owner lost over $86,000, shot himself, and the table has never been used again, (Faro). The insanity caused by Faro's simple appeal can be seen in Pushkin's original story, "The Queen of Spades." In this story Hermann, a young soldier, is haunted by the rumor of a mysterious secret from the elderly countess, Hermann seduces her ward, Lizaveta, to gain access to her...
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His dreams seen thwarted when he frightens her to death before she can reveal it, but he is then visited by her ghost, who orders him to marry the girl and play the cards exactly. The countess has the last laugh, however, when the final card turns out to be not the promised ace, but a winking Queen of Spades, which drives Hermann mad and sends the ward into a dull marriage to "very pleasant young man in the civil service somewhere and has a good income," (Pushkin 181)...
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