The misanthrope, not
contented with this irritation, assumed the prerogative of a friend,
and questioned him so minutely about the disposal of the cash,
that, after numberless evasions, which cost him a world of torture
to invent, he could contain his vexation no longer, but exclaimed
in a rage, "D-- your impertinence! 'tis gone to the devil, and
that's enough!"--"Thereafter, as it may be," said this tormentor,
with a most provoking indifference of aspect, "I should be glad to
know upon what footing; for I suppose you have some expectation of
advantage from that quarter."--"'Sdeath! sir," cried the impatient
youth, "if I had any expectation from hell, I would make interest
with you; for I believe, from my soul, you are one of its most
favoured ministers upon earth." With these words, he flung out of
the room, leaving Cadwallader very well satisfied with the chastisement
he had bestowed.
Peregrine having cooled himself with a solitary walk in the park,
during which the violence of his choler gradually evaporated,
and his reflection was called to a serious deliberation upon the
posture of his affairs, he resolved to redouble his diligence and
importunity with his patron and the minister, in order to obtain
some sinecure, which would indemnify him for the damage he had
sustained on their account.
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