With this son of fortune was Peregrine one evening engaged at play,
and so successful, that he could not help informing his friend
of his good luck. Godfrey, hearing the description of the loser,
immediately recognized the person, whom he had known at Tunbridge;
and, assuring Pickle that he was a sharper of the first water,
cautioned him against any further connection with such a dangerous
companion, who, he affirmed, had suffered him to win a small sum,
that he might be encouraged to lose a much greater sum upon some
other occasion.
Our young gentleman treasured up this advice; and though he did
not scruple to give the gamester an opportunity of retrieving his
loss, when he next day demanded his revenge, he absolutely refused
to proceed after he had refunded his winning. The other, who considered
him as a hot-headed unthinking youth, endeavoured to inflame his
pride to a continuance of the game, by treating his skill with scorn
and contempt; and, among other sarcastic expressions, advised him
to go to school again, before he pretended to engage with masters
of the art.
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