f him, stopped just as the windows of each happened to
be opposite; and Pallet, looking behind, and seeing three men standing
upon the footboard armed with canes, which his fear converted into
fusils, never doubted that his friend's suspicion was just, but, shaking
his Jordan at the imaginary guard, swore he would sooner die than part
with his precious ware. The owner of the coach, who was a nobleman of
the first quality, mistook him for some unhappy woman deprived of her
senses: and, ordering his coachman to proceed, convinced the fugitive,
to his infinite joy, that this was no more than a false alarm. He was
not, for all that, freed from anxiety and trepidation; but our young
gentleman, fearing his brain would not bear a repetition of the
same joke, permitted him to gain his own lodgings without further
molestation.

His landlady, meeting him on the stair, was so affected at his
appearance, that she screamed aloud, and betook herself to flight; while
he, cursing her with greet bitterness, rushed into the apartment to
the doctor, who, instead of receiving him with cordial embraces, and
congratulating him upon his deliverance, gave evident signs of umbrage
and discontent; and even plainly told him, he hoped to have heard that
he and Mr. Pickle had acted the glorious part of Cato; an event which
would have laid the foundation of such noble struggles, as could not
fail to end in happiness and freedom; and that he had already made
some progress in an ode that would have immortalised their names, and
inspired the flame of liberty in every honest breast. "There," said
he, "I would have proved, that great talents, and high sentiments of
liberty, do reciprocally produce and assist each other; and illustrated
my assertions with such notes and quotations from the Greek writers, as
would have opened the eyes of the most blind and unthinking, and touched
the most callous and obdurate heart. 'O fool! to think the man, whose
ample mind must grasp whatever yonder stars survey'--Pray, Mr. Pellet,
what is your opinion of that image of the mind's grasping the whole
universe? For my own part, I can't help thinking it the most happy
conception that ever entered my imagination."

The painter, who was not such a flaming enthusiast in the cause of
liberty, could not brook the doctor's reflections, which he thought
savoured a little too much of indifference and deficiency in point of
private friendship; and therefore seized the present oppor