Jolter departed from
Calais, attended by his valet-de-chambre and Pipes on horseback.
They proceeded without any accident as far as Boulogne, where they
breakfasted, and visited old Father Graham, a Scottish gentleman
of the governor's acquaintance, who had lived as a Capuchin in that
place for the space of threescore years, and during that period
conformed to all the austerities of the order with the most
rigorous exactness, being equally remarkable for the frankness of
his conversation, the humanity of his disposition, and the simplicity
of his manners. From Boulogne they took their departure about noon;
and as they proposed to sleep that night at Abbeville, commanded
the postilion to drive with extra ordinary speed. Perhaps it was
well for his cattle that the axletree gave way and the chaise of
course overturned, before they had travelled one-third part of the
stage.
This accident compelled them to return to the place from whence
they had set out; and as they could not procure another conveyance,
they found themselves under the necessity of staying till their
chaise could be refitted.
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