Peregrine, when he first saw him approach in this menacing attitude,
put himself upon his guard; but being informed of his quality,
perused his bill of fare, and having bespoken three or four things
for dinner, walked out with Mr. Jolter to view both towns, which
they had not leisure to consider minutely before. In their return
from the harbour they met with four or five gentlemen, all of whom
seemed to look with an air of dejection, and perceiving our hero
and his governor to be English by their dress, bowed with great
respect as they passed. Pickle, who was naturally compassionate,
felt an emotion of sympathy; and seeing a person, who by his habit
he judged to be one of their servants, accosted him in English, and
asked who the gentlemen were. The lacquey gave him to understand
that they were his own countrymen, called from their native homes
in consequence of their adherence to an unfortunate and ruined cause;
and that they were gone to the sea-side, according to their daily
practice, in order to indulge their longing eyes with a prospect
of the white cliffs of Albion, which they must never more approach.
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