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apartment was a sort of a parlour that fronted the kitchen, with
a window towards the yard, where after they had sat some time, the
lieutenant found means to amuse the landlord in discourse, while
Peregrine, stepping out into the yard, by the talent of mimickry,
which he possessed in a surprising degree, counterfeited a dialogue
between the curate and Tunley's wife. This reaching the ears of
the publican, for whose hearing it was calculated, inflamed his
naturally jealous disposition to such a degree, that he could not
conceal his emotion, but made a hundred efforts to quit the room;
while the lieutenant, smoking his pipe with great gravity, as
if he neither heard what passed nor took notice of the landlord's
disorder, detained him on the spot by a succession of questions,
which he could not refuse to answer, though he stood sweating with
agony all the time, stretching his neck every instant towards the
window through which the voices were conveyed, scratching his head,
and exhibiting sundry other symptoms of impatience and agitation.


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