There is many a young fellow of the middle classes who must know Legg to be a rogue and a cheat; and yet from his desire to be in the fashion, and his admiration of tip-top swells, and from his ambition to air himself by the side of a Lord's son, will let Legg make an income out of him; content to pay, so long as he can enjoy that society.

Many a worthy father of a family, when he hears that his son is riding about with Captain Legg, Lord Levant's son, is rather pleased that young Hopeful should be in such good company.
Legg and his friend, Major Macer, make professional tours through Europe, and are to be found at the right places at the right time.

Last year I heard how my young acquaintance, Mr.Muff, from Oxford, going to see a little life at a Carnival ball at Paris, was accosted by an Englishman who did not know a word of the d----language, and hearing Muff speak it so admirably, begged him to interpret to a waiter with whom there was a dispute about refreshments.

It was quite a comfort, the stranger said, to see an honest English face; and did Muff know where there was a good place for supper?
So those two went to supper, and who should come in, of all men in the world, but Major Macer?
And so Legg introduced Macer, and so there came on a little intimacy, and three-card loo, &c.

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