se hair had by this time adopted a grizzled
hue, imagined he was some favourite domestic, who had grown gray in the
service of his master's family, and that, of consequence, he was uneasy
at the sacrifice he had made. Swayed by this conjecture, he earnestly
solicited in his behalf; but all he could obtain, was a promise of
re-admitting him into favour on the terms already proposed, or at least
on condition that he should make his acknowledgment to the chevalier,
for his want of reverence and respect for the French monarch.

Upon this condescension the culprit was called up-stairs, and made
acquainted with the mitigation of his fate; upon which he said, he would
down on his marrow-bones to his own master, but would be d--d before he
would ask pardon of e'er a Frenchman in Christendom. Pickle, exasperated
at this blunt declaration, ordered him out of his presence, and charged
him never to appear before his face again; while the officer in vain
employed all his influence and address to appease his resentment, and
about midnight took his leave with marks of mortification at his want of
success.

Next day the company agreed to travel through Flanders in the diligence,
by the advice of Peregrine, who was not without hope of meeting with
some adventure or amusement in that carriage; and Jolter took care to
secure places for them all; it being resolved that the valet-de-chambre
and the doctor's man should attend the vehicle on horseback; and as for
the forlorn Pipes, he was left to reap the fruits of his own
stubborn disposition, notwithstanding the united efforts of the whole
triumvirate, who endeavoured to procure his pardon.

Every previous measure being thus taken, they set out from Lisle about
six in the morning, and found themselves in the company of a female
adventurer, a very handsome young lady, a Capuchin, and a Rotterdam
Jew. Our young gentleman, being the first of this society that entered,
surveyed the stranger with an attentive eye, and seated himself
immediately behind the beautiful unknown, who at once attracted his
attention. Pallet, seeing another lady unengaged, in imitation of his
friend, took possession of her neighbourhood; the physician paired with
the priest, and Jolter sat down by the Jew.

The machine had not proceeded many furlongs, when Pickle, accosting the
fair incognita, congratulated himself upon his happiness, in being the
fellow-traveller of so charming a lady. She, without the least reserve