He accordingly went to his lordship and
signified his demand, after having told him, that he had suffered
several fresh losses, which rendered an immediate provision of
that sort necessary to his credit and subsistence. His noble friend
commended him for the regard he manifested for his own interest,
which he considered as a proof of his being at last detached from
the careless inadvertency of youth; he approved of his demand, which
he assured him should be faithfully transmitted to the minister,
and backed with all his influence; and encouraged his hope, by
observing, that some profitable places were at that time vacant,
and, so far as he knew, unengaged.
This conversation helped to restore the tranquility of Pickle's
breast, though he still harboured resentment against Cadwallader,
on account of the last insult; and on the instant he formed a plan
of revenge. He knew the misanthrope's remittances from his estate
in the country had been of late very scanty, in consequence of repairs
and bankruptcies among his tenants; so that, in spite of all his
frugality, he had been but barely able to maintain his credit, and
even that was engaged on the strength of his running rent.
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