Topeball, who was obliged to pay Narcissa's
fortune; that Mr. Random, in all appearance, led a very happy life
in the conversation of his father and bed-fellow, by whom he enjoyed
a son and daughter; and that Morgan had received, in a present from
him, a piece of very fine linen of his wife's own making, several
kits of salmon, and two casks of pickled pork--the most delicate
he had ever tasted; together with a barrel of excellent herrings
for salmagundy, which he knew to be his favourite dish.
This topic of conversation being discussed, the Italian was desired
to exhibit a specimen of his art, and in a few minutes he conducted
the company into the next room, where, to their great astonishment
and affright, they beheld a thousand serpents winding along the
ceiling. Morgan, struck with this phenomenon, which he had not seen
before, began to utter exorcisms with great devotion, Mr. Jolter
ran of the room, Gauntlet drew his hanger, and Peregrine himself
was disconcerted. The operator, perceiving their confusion, desired
them to retire, and, calling them back in an instant, there was
not a viper to be seen.
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