through their agreement. The Englishman living in a country where the lawyers are more astute than any other lawyers in the world, took the advice of a Mr Bagsby, of Lyon's Inn, whose name, as we cannot find it in the ' Law List,' we presume to be fictitious. Who could it be that was a match for the devil?
Lord very likely; we shall not give his name, but let every
reader of this Review fill up the blank according to his own fancy, and on comparing it with the copy purchased by his neighbours, he will find that fifteen out of twenty have written down the same honoured name.
Well, the Gentleman in Black was anxious for the fulfillment of his bond. The parties met at Mr Bagsby's chambers to consult, the Black Gentleman foolishly thinking that he could act as his own counsel, and fearing no attorney alive. But mark the superiority of British law, and see how the black pettifogger was defeated.
Mr Bagsby simply stated that he would take the case into
Chancery, and his antagonist, utterly humiliated and defeated,
refused to move a step farther in the matter.
And now the French gentleman, M. Desonge, hearing of his friend's escape, became anxious to be free from his own rash engagements. He employed the same counsel who had been successful in the former instance, but the Gentleman in Black
