ank; and having tasted the
sweets of command, they were not yet prepared to quarrel with their good
fortune, and to lay aside the silver tankard for the tar-pot.

Quitting the rascals, whose heads really appeared to be turned by their
unexpected elevation, I determined to hunt up Bob, and by dint of Mr.
Poke's ordinary application, compel him, at least, in despite of the
union-jack, to return to a sense of his duty, and to reassume his old
post as the servitor of my wants. I found the little blackguard in
the midst of a bevy of monikinas of all ages, who were lavishing their
attentions on his worthless person, and otherwise doing all they could
to eradicate everything like humility, or any good quality that might
happen to remain in him. He certainly gave me a fair opportunity to
commence the attack, for he wore the union-jack over his shoulder, in
the manner of a royal mantle, while the females of inferior rank
pressed about him to kiss its hem! The air with which he received this
adulation, fairly imposed on even me; and fearful that the monikinas
might mob me, should I attempt to undeceive them--for monikinas, let
them be of what species they may, always hug a delusion--I abandoned my
hostile intentions for the moment, and hurried after Mr. Poke, little
doubting my ability of bringing one of his natural rectitude of mind to
a right way of thinking.

The captain heard my remonstrances with a decent respect. He even seemed
to enter into my feelings with a proper degree of sympathy. He very
frankly admitted that I had not been well treated by Dr. Reasono, and he
appeared to think that a private conversation with that individual
might yet possibly have the effect of bringing him to a more reasonable
representation of facts. But, as to any sudden and violent appeal to
public opinion for justice, or an ill-advised recourse to a notary, he
strenuously objected to both. The purport of his remarks was somewhat as
follows:--

He was not acquainted with the Leaphigh law of protests, and, in
consequence, we might spend our money in paying fees, without reaping
any advantage; the Doctor, moreover, was a philosopher, an F. U. D. G.
E., and an H. O. A. X., and these were fearful odds to contend against
in any country, and more especially in a foreign country; he had an
innate dislike for lawsuits; the loss of my station was certainly a
grievance, but still it might be borne; as for himself, he never asked
for the office of lord