The morning being now lighted up, and the servants of the inn on
foot, he ordered some chocolate for breakfast, and at the desire
of the ladies, sent Pipes to see the horses fed, and the chariot
prepared, while he went to the bar, and discharged the bill.
These measures being taken, they set out about five o'clock, and
having refreshed themselves and their cattle at another inn on the
road, proceeded in the afternoon. Without meeting with any other
accident, they safely arrived at the place of their destination,
where Mrs. Gauntlet expressed her joy at seeing her old friend
Mr. Pickle, whom, however, she kindly reproached for the long
discontinuance of his regard. Without explaining the cause of that
interruption, he protested that his love and esteem had never been
discontinued, and that for the future he should omit no occasion of
testifying how much he had her friendship at heart. She then made
him acquainted with her son, who at that time was in the house,
being excused from his duty by furlough.
This young man, whose name was Godfrey, was about the age of
twenty, of a middling size, vigorous make, remarkably well-shaped,
and the scars of the small-pox, of which he bore a good number, added
a peculiar manliness to the air of his countenance.
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