Godfrey and Peregrine seated themselves in the post-chaise; and
Jolter, the valet-de-chambre, and lacquey, bestriding their beasts,
they proceeded for the place of their destination, at which they
arrived in safety that same night, and bespoke a passage in the
packet-boat which was to sail next day.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
He adjusts the Method of his Correspondence with Gauntlet; meets
by accident with an Italian Charlatan, and a certain Apothecary,
who proves to be a noted Character.
There the two friends adjusted the articles of a future correspondence;
and Peregrine, having written a letter to his mistress, wherein he
renewed his former vows of eternal fidelity, it was intrusted to
the care of her brother, while Mr. Jolter, at the desire of his
pupil, provided an elegant supper, and some excellent Burgundy,
that they might spend this eve of his departure with the greater
enjoyment.
Things being thus disposed, and a servant employed in laying the
cloth, their ears were of a sudden invaded by a strange tumultuous
noise in the next room, occasioned by the overthrow of tables,
chairs, and glasses, with odd unintelligible exclamations in broken
French, and a jargon of threats in the Welsh dialect.
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