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This rhapsody, which was delivered with great emphasis and agitation,
gave so much offence to Jolter, that, without saying one word,
he retired in great wrath to his own chamber; and the republican
returned to his lodging, in full hope of his prognostic being
verified in the death and destruction of Peregrine and the painter,
which must give rise to some renowned revolution, wherein he himself
would act a principal part. But the governor whose imagination was
not quite so warm and prolific, went directly to the ambassador,
whom he informed of his pupil's situation, and besought to interpose
with the French ministry, that he and the other British subject
might obtain their liberty.
His excellency asked, if Jolter could guess at the cause of his
imprisonment, that he might be the better prepared to vindicate or
excuse his conduct: but neither he nor Pipes could give the smallest
hint of intelligence on that subject; though he furnished himself
from Tom's own mouth with a circumstantial account of the manner in
which his master had been arrested, as well as of his own behaviour,
and the disaster he had received on that occasion.
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