In the middle of their journey, while they halted at an inn for a
short refreshment and change of horses, a postilion running up to
Peregrine in the yard, fell at his feet, clasped his knees with
great eagerness and agitation, and presented to him the individual
face of his old valet-de-chambre. The youth perceiving him in such
an abject garb and attitude, commanded him to rise and tell the
cause of such a miserable reverse in his fortune. Upon which Hadgi
gave him to understand, that he had been ruined by his wife, who,
having robbed him of all his cash and valuable effects, had eloped
from his house with one of his own customers, who appeared in
the character of a French count, but was in reality no other than
an Italian fiddler; that, in consequence of this retreat, he, the
husband, was disabled from paying a considerable sum which he had
set apart for his wine merchant, who being disappointed in his
expectation, took out an execution against his effects; and the
rest of his creditors following his example, hunted him out of house
and home.
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