The lawyer probably thought that Shard was too young and didn't want him getting involved in gambling. Shard just smiled confidently and said,
"Look at this old deck of mine, do I look like a rookie at Roder Card? The most I can lose in a game is less than two shillings, and I don't think my luck is always that bad... Sir, on this boring morning, we should find something to do."
He purposely spoke with a heavy Tobesk accent. The lawyer just shrugged and gestured that they could begin,
"I do appreciate confident people."
The crowd around them was also excited. Although no one had seen this young man before, as long as the card game continued, giving them something to do, they didn't care if Shard was from MI6.
Shard still held onto the idea of not gambling, but now, sitting at the table, he aimed to gather information by winning money. Thus, this wasn't considered gambling.
