When they approached his habitation,
he invited the young gentleman and his company to halt, and drink a
bottle of his ale; and was so pressing in his solicitation, that
they complied with his request. He accordingly conducted them
through a spacious avenue, that extended as far as the highway,
to the gate of a large chateau, of a most noble and venerable
appearance, which induced them to alight and view the apartments,
contrary to their first intention of drinking a glass of his October
at the door.
The rooms were every way suitable to the magnificence of the outside,
and our hero imagined they had made a tour through the whole sweep,
when the landlord gave him to understand that they had not yet seen
the best apartment of the house, and immediately led them into a
spacious dining-room, which Peregrine did not enter without giving
manifest signs of uncommon astonishment. The panels all round were
covered with portraits at full length, by Vandyke; and not one of
them appeared without a ridiculous tie-periwig, in the style of
those that usually hang over the shops of twopenny barbers.
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