way, conjecturing that this stranger might have some
private business with his friend, quitted the apartment, on pretence of
taking a turn; and meeting Pipes at the door, desired his company to
the Bare, by which name the open space is distinguished; where, during
a course of perambulation, these two companions held a council upon
Pickle, in consequence of which it was determined, since he obstinately
persisted to refuse their assistance, that they should take lodgings
in his neighbourhood, with a view of being at hand to minister unto his
occasions, in spite of his false delicacy, according to the emergency of
his affairs.

This resolution being taken, they consulted the bar-keeper of the
coffee-house about lodging, and she directed them to the warden; to whom
the lieutenant, in his great wisdom, represented himself as a kinsman to
Peregrine, who, rather than leave that young gentleman by himself to the
unavoidable discomforts of a prison, was inclined to keep him company,
till such time as his affairs could be put in order. This measure he
the more anxiously desired to take, because the prisoner was sometimes
subject to a disordered imagination, upon which occasion he stood in
need of extraordinary attendance; and therefore he, the lieutenant,
entreated the warden to accommodate him with a lodging for himself
and his servant, for which he was ready to make any reasonable
acknowledgment. The warden, who was a sensible and humane man, could
not help applauding his resolution; and several rooms being at that time
unoccupied, he put him immediately in possession of a couple, which were
forthwith prepared for his reception.

This affair being settled to his satisfaction, he despatched Pipes for
his portmanteau; and, returning to the coffee-house, found Peregrine,
with whom he spent the remaining part of the evening. Our hero, taking
it for granted that he proposed to set out for the garrison next day,
wrote a memorandum of some books which he had left in that habitation,
and which he now desired Jack to send up to town by the waggon, directed
for Mr. Crabtree. He cautioned him against giving the least hint of
his misfortune in the neighbourhood, that it might remain, as long as
possible, concealed from the knowledge of his sister, who, he knew,
would afflict herself immoderately at the news, nor reach the ears of
the rest of his family, who would exult and triumph over his distress.

Hatchway listened to his injunctions