s I thought that I might find some
difficulty in procuring any desirable situation in London, owing to my
late connection with literature, I determined to remain where I was,
provided my services would be accepted. I offered them to the master,
who, finding I knew something of horses, engaged me as a postilion. I
have remained there since. You have now heard my story.

'Stay, you shan't say that I told my tale without a per--peroration. What
shall it be? Oh, I remember something which will serve for one. As I
was driving my chaise some weeks ago, I saw standing at the gate of an
avenue, which led up to an old mansion, a figure which I thought I
recognised. I looked at it attentively, and the figure, as I passed,
looked at me; whether it remembered me I do not know, but I recognised
the face it showed me full well.

'If it was not the identical face of the red-haired priest whom I had
seen at Rome, may I catch cold!

'Young gentleman, I will now take a spell on your blanket--young lady,
good-night.'

Footnotes:

{5} 'In Cornwall are the best gentlemen.'--_Corn. Prov_.

{19} Norwegian ells--about eight feet.

{143} Klopstock.

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