eman enter, ran to him, and, taking him by
the hands, called him his best friend, and said he had rescued him from
those who had a design against his life. The priest would have produced
his parings and applied them to his nose, but was hindered by Pickle,
who advised the patient to shift himself, and put on his clothes. This
being done with great order and deliberation, Mr. Jolter who, with the
doctor, had kept a wary distance, in expectation of seeing some storage
effects of his distraction, began to believe that he had been guilty of
a mistake, and accused the physician of having misled him by his false
diagnostic. The doctor still insisted upon his former declaration
assuring him, that although Pallet enjoyed a short interval for the
present, the delirium would soon recur, unless they would profit by this
momentary calm, and order him to be blooded, blistered, and purged with
all imaginable despatch.

The governor, however, notwithstanding this caution, advanced to the
injured party, and begged pardon for the share he had in giving him
such disturbance. He declared, in the most solemn manner, that he had no
other intention than that of contributing towards his welfare; and that
his behaviour was the result of the physician's prescription, which he
affirmed was absolutely necessary for the recovery of his health.

The painter, who had very little gall in his disposition, was satisfied
with this apology; but his resentment, which was before divided, now
glowed with double fire against his first fellow-traveller, whom he
looked upon as the author of all the mischances he had undergone,
and marked out for his vengeance accordingly. Yet the doors of
reconciliation were not shut against the doctor, who, with great
justice, might have transferred this load of offence from himself
to Peregrine, who was, without doubt, the source of the painter's
misfortune: but, in that case, he must have owned himself mistaken in
his medical capacity, and he did not think the friendship of Pallet
important enough to be retrieved by such condescension; so that he
resolved to neglect him entirely, and gradually forget the former
correspondence he had maintained with a person whom he deemed so
unworthy of his notice.

CHAPTER LVIII.

Peregrine, almost distracted with his Disappointment, conjures the
fair Fleming to permit his Visits at Brussels--She withdraws from his
Pursuit.

Things being thus adjusted, and all the company d