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" The physician retorted, Pallet rejoined, and the
altercation continued until they entered the gates of Antwerp, when
the admirer of Rubens broke forth into a rapturous exclamation,
which put an end to the dispute and attracted the notice of
the inhabitants, many of whom by shrugging up their shoulders and
pointing to their foreheads, gave shrewd indications that they
believed him a poor gentleman disordered in his brain.
They had no sooner alighted at the inn, than this pseudo-enthusiast
proposed to visit the great church, in which he had been informed
some of his master's pieces were to be seen, and was remarkably
chagrined, when he understood that he could not be admitted
till next day. He rose next morning by day-break, and disturbed
his fellow-travellers in such a noisy and clamorous manner, that
Peregrine determined to punish him with some new infliction, and,
while he put on his clothes, actually formed the plan of promoting
a duel between him and the doctor, in the management of which,
he promised himself store of entertainment, from the behaviour of
both.


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