might have had for asking. The culprit assured
him, that next to the vengeance of God, his master's displeasure
was that which of all evils he dreaded to incur; but that love had
distracted his brain in such a manner, as to banish every other
consideration but that of gratifying his desire; and he owned, that he
should not have been able to preserve his fidelity and duty to his own
father, had they interfered with the interest of his passion. He then
appealed to his master's own heart for the remission of his guilt,
alluding to certain circumstances of our hero's conduct, which evinced
the desperate effects of love. In short, he made such an apology as
extorted a smile from his offended judge, who not only forgave his
transgression, but also promised to put him in some fair way of earning
a comfortable subsistence.

The Swiss was so much affected with this instance of generosity, that he
fell upon his knees, and kissed his hand, praying to heaven, with great
fervour, to make him worthy of such goodness and condescension.
His scheme, he said, was to open a coffee-house and tavern in some
creditable part of the town, in hopes of being favoured with the
custom of a numerous acquaintance he had made among upper servants and
reputable tradesmen, not doubting that his wife would be an ornament to
his bar, and a careful manager of his affairs. Peregrine approved of the
plan, towards the execution of which he made him and his wife a present
of five hundred pounds, together with a promise of erecting a weekly
club among his friends, for the reputation and advantage of the house.

Hadgi was so transported with his good fortune, that he ran to Pipes,
who was in the room, and having hugged him with great cordiality,
and made his obeisance to his master, hied him home to his bride, to
communicate his happiness, cutting capers, and talking to himself all
the way.

CHAPTER LXXXVIII.

He is visited by Pallet--Contracts an Intimacy with a Newmarket
Nobleman, and is by the Knowing Ones taken in.

This affair being settled, and our adventurer, for the present, free of
all female connections, he returned to his former course of fast living
among the bucks of the town, and performed innumerable exploits among
whores, bullies, rooks, constables, and justices of the peace. In
the midst of these occupations, he was one morning visited by his old
fellow-traveller, Pallet, whose appearance gave him equal surprise
and concern. Th