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In vain did Trunnion endeavour to convince him of the folly of
going to school at his years, by representing that the boys would
make game of him, and that he would become a laughing-stock to all
the world: he persisted in his resolution to stay, and the commodore
was fain to have recourse to the mediation of Pipes and Perry, who
employed their influence with Jack, and at last prevailed upon him
to return to the garrison, after Trunnion had promised he should
be at liberty to visit them once a month. This stipulation being
settled, he and his friend took leave of the pupil, governor, and
attendant, and next morning, set out for their habitation, which
they reached in safety that same night.
Such was Hatchway's reluctance to leave Peregrine, that he is said,
for the first time in his life, to have looked misty at parting:
certain I am, that on the road homewards, after a long pause
of silence, which the commodore never dreamt of interrupting, he
exclaimed all of a sudden, "I'll be d--d if the dog ha'nt given
me some stuff to make me love him!" Indeed, there was something
congenial in the disposition of these two friends, which never
failed to manifest itself in the sequel, howsoever different their
education, circumstances, and connections happened to be.
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