These circumstances
of wilful neglect were not over and above agreeable to our young
hero, who, in the agonies of vexation and resentment, went home,
and composed a most acrimonious remonstrance to his honour; in
consequence of which he was not only deprived of all pretensions
to a private audience, but expressly denied admittance on a public
day, by Sir Steady's own order.
This prohibition, which announced his total ruin, filled him with
rage, horror, and despair. He insulted the porter who signified
the minister's command, threatening to chastise him upon the spot
for his presumption, and vented the most virulent imprecations
upon his master, to the astonishment of those who chanced to enter
during this conference. Having exhausted himself in these vain
exclamations, he returned to his lodgings in a most frantic condition,
biting his lips so that the blood ran from his mouth, dashing his
head and fists against the sides of his chimney, and weeping with
the most bitter expressions of woe. Pipes, whose perception had
been just sufficient to let him see that there was some difference
between the present and former situation of his master, overhearing
his transports, essayed to enter his apartment, with a view
of administering consolation; and, finding the door locked on the
inside, desired admittance, protesting, that otherwise he would
down with the bulkhead in the turning of a handspike.
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