stack deck at fifteen

[Paul Mackin]

On Sun, 16 Jan 2000, Sergey Kuznetsov wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> thank you for your help with Midget Problem, Company B &c. Next question is:
> 
> "He [Porpentine] stole from street-hawkers, could stack a deck at fifteen,
> would run away whenever fighting is useless" (SL 107, Under the Rose)
> 
> What is "fifteen"? The card game?

Means he could stack a deck at the age of 15. Stacking the deck means
pre-arranging the cards in such a way as to allow the dealer an advantage.

			P.