Chemin de fer

Bond had spent the last two afternoons and most of the nights at the Casino, playing complicated progression systems on the even chances at roulette. He made a high banco at chemin-de-fer whenever he heard one offered.

The person who left at 1:00 is either Alice or the woman who played chemin de fer (9), so in either case she is a woman.

“Come on,” Kit motioning her with his head over to a chemin-de-fer table