Gauntlet still
insisted upon having the honour of obtaining his liberty, at the
expense of taking up his notes to Gleanum, and exhorted him to
purchase a commission with part of the money which he had retrieved.
The lieutenant affirmed, that it was his privilege to procure the
release of his cousin Pickle, because he enjoyed a very handsome
sum by his aunt, which of right belonged to the young gentleman,
to whom he was, moreover, indebted for the use of his furniture,
and for the very house that stood over his head; and that, although
he had already made a will in his favour, he should never be
satisfied, nor easy in his mind, so long as he remained deprived
of his liberty, and wanted any of the conveniences of life.
Cadwallader, who by this time assisted at their councils, and was
best acquainted with the peculiarity and unbending disposition of
the youth, proposed, that, seeing he was so averse to obligations,
Mr. Hatchway should purchase of him the garrison with its appendages,
which, at a moderate price, would sell for more money than would be
sufficient to discharge his debts; that, if the servile subordination
of the army did not suit his inclinations, he might, with his
reversion, buy a comfortable annuity, and retire with him to the
country, where he might live absolutely independent, and entertain
himself, as usual, with the ridiculous characters of mankind.
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