"I'll bet he's a fraud," I said.

Lucian's own close investigations into Alexander's methods of fraud led to a serious attempt on his life.

And yet they do, because fraud is a small part of the overall picture.

In London four ale-conners, whose duty it is to examine the measures used by beer and liquor sellers to guard against fraud, are still chosen annually by the liverymen in common hall assembled on Midsummer Day.

The fraud was detected by a Jew, who was one of the envoys of Alphonso.