At her desire, therefore,
and at the earnest solicitation of the other lady, he was conducted
to his own bed; and the chamber being evacuated, they locked their
door, fully resolved to admit no more visitants for that night:
while Peregrine, mad with seeing the delicious morsel snatched,
as it were, from his very lip, stalked through the passage like
a ghost, in hope of finding some opportunity of re-entering; till
the day beginning to break, he was obliged to retire, cursing the
idiotical conduct of the painter, which had so unluckily interfered
with his delight.
CHAPTER LV.
They depart from Ghent--Our Hero engages in a Political Dispute
with his Mistress, whom he offends, and pacifies with Submission--He
practises an Expedient to detain the Carriage at Alost, and confirms
the Priest in his Interest.
Next day, about one o'clock, after having seen everything remarkable
in town, and been present at the execution of two youths, who were
hanged for ravishing a w--, they took their departure from Ghent
in the same carriage which had brought them thither; and the
conversation turning upon the punishment they had seen inflicted,
the Flemish beauty expressed great sympathy and compassion for
the unhappy sufferers, who, as she had been informed, had fallen
victims to the malice of the accuser.
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