In the afternoon, Gauntlet taking his leave, in order
to write a letter to his sister, at the desire of his uncle who,
finding his end approaching, wanted to see her without loss of time,
Peregrine made his appearance on the Bare, and was complimented
on his coming abroad again, not only by his old messmates, who had
not seen him for many weeks, but by a number of those objects whom
his liberality had fed, before his funds were exhausted. Hatchway
was, by his interest with the warden, put in possession of his former
quarters, and Pipes despatched to make inquiry about Crabtree at
his former lodging, where he learned that the misanthrope, after a
very severe fit of illness, was removed to Kensington Gravel-pits,
for the convenience of breathing a purer air than that of London.
In consequence of this information, Peregrine, who knew the narrowness
of the old gentleman's fortune, next day desired his friend Gauntlet
to take the trouble of visiting him, in his name, with a letter,
in which he expressed great concern for his indisposition, gave
him notice of the fortunate intelligence he had received from the
Downs, and conjured him to make use of his purse, if he was in
the least hampered in his circumstances.
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