ppened to be no
other than the cook) was a tall, long-legged, meagre, swarthy fellow,
that stooped very much; his cheek-bones were remarkably raised, his nose
bent into the shape and size of a powder-horn, and the sockets of his
eyes as raw round the edges as if the skin had been pared off. On his
head he wore a handkerchief, which had once been white, and now served
to cover the upper part of a black periwig, to which was attached a bag
at least a foot square, with a solitaire and rose that stuck upon each
side of his ear; so that he looked like a criminal on the pillory. His
back was accommodated with a linen waistcoat, his hands adorned with
long ruffles of the same piece, his middle was girded by an apron,
tucked up, that it might not conceal his white silk stockings, rolled;
and at his entrance he brandished a bloody weapon full three feet in
length.

Peregrine, when he first saw him approach in this menacing attitude, put
himself upon his guard; but being informed of his quality, perused
his bill of fare, and having bespoken three or four things for dinner,
walked out with Mr. Jolter to view both towns, which they had not
leisure to consider minutely before. In their return from the harbour
they met with four or five gentlemen, all of whom seemed to look with an
air of dejection, and perceiving our hero and his governor to be English
by their dress, bowed with great respect as they passed. Pickle, who
was naturally compassionate, felt an emotion of sympathy; and seeing a
person, who by his habit he judged to be one of their servants, accosted
him in English, and asked who the gentlemen were. The lacquey gave
him to understand that they were his own countrymen, called from their
native homes in consequence of their adherence to an unfortunate and
ruined cause; and that they were gone to the sea-side, according to
their daily practice, in order to indulge their longing eyes with a
prospect of the white cliffs of Albion, which they must never more
approach.

Though our young gentleman differed widely from them in point of
political principles, he was not one of those enthusiasts who look upon
every schism from the established articles of faith as damnable,
and exclude the sceptic from every benefit of humanity and Christian
forgiveness: he could easily comprehend how a man of the most
unblemished morals might, by the prejudice of education, or
indispensable attachments, be engaged in such a blameworthy and
pernici