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Pickle laid hold on this opportunity to tell him, that he was
descended from a race of merchants; and that, early in life, he had
made it his business to instruct himself in the different branches
of trade, which he not only studied as his family profession, but
also as the source of all our national riches and power. He then
launched out in praise of commerce, and the promoters thereof;
and, by way of contrast, employed all his ridicule in drawing such
ludicrous pictures of the manners and education of what is called
high life, that the trader's sides were shaken by laughter,
even to the danger of his life; and he looked upon our adventurer
as a miracle of sobriety and good sense. Having thus ingratiated
himself with the uncle, Peregrine took his leave, and next day,
in the forenoon, visited the niece in his chariot, after she had
been admonished by her kinsman to behave with circumspection, and
cautioned against neglecting or discouraging the addresses of such
a valuable admirer.


CHAPTER LXXV.


He prosecutes his Design upon Emilia with great Art and Perseverance.


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