Literary Cribbage...

From Hail! Mount Helicon:


"He had bet on dried peas, spinning tops and the progress of ants along a gold-topped walking stick. He had played cribbage for two or three pounds a game. But he had never bet from greed or avarice. The state of his coal scuttle, the condition of his shoes, all attested to that."

Full post at: http://fromhelicon.blogspot.com/2008/01/oscar-and-lucinda.html