a tailor to measure him."

How the affair ended was never inquired, for fear of renewing his
uneasiness. It is probable that, upon recollection, he submitted with
a good grace to what he could not avoid, and that he discovered no
resentment where he had no power. He was, however, not humbled to
implicit and universal compliance; for when the gentleman who had first
informed him of the design to support him by a subscription attempted to
procure a reconciliation with the Lord Tyrconnel, he could by no means
be prevailed upon to comply with the measures that were proposed.

A letter was written for him to Sir William Lemon, to prevail upon him
to interpose his good offices with Lord Tyrconnel, in which he solicited
Sir William's assistance "for a man who really needed it as much as any
man could well do;" and informed him that he was retiring "for ever to
a place where he should no more trouble his relations, friends, or
enemies;" he confessed that his passion had betrayed him to some
conduct, with regard to Lord Tyrconnel, for which he could not but
heartily ask his pardon; and as he imagined Lord Tyrconnel's passion
might be yet so high, that he would not "receive a letter from him,"
begged that Sir William would endeavour to soften him; and expressed
his hopes that he would comply with this request, and that "so small a
relation would not harden his heart against him."

That any man should presume to dictate a letter to him was not very
agreeable to Mr. Savage; and therefore he was, before he had opened
it, not much inclined to approve it. But when he read it he found it
contained sentiments entirely opposite to his own, and, as he asserted,
to the truth; and therefore, instead of copying it, wrote his friend
a letter full of masculine resentment and warm expostulations. He
very justly observed, that the style was too supplicatory, and the
representation too abject, and that he ought at least to have made him
complain with "the dignity of a gentleman in distress." He declared that
he would not write the paragraph in which he was to ask Lord Tyrconnel's
pardon; for, "he despised his pardon, and therefore could not heartily,
and would not hypocritically, ask it." He remarked that his friend made
a very unreasonable distinction between himself and him; for, says he,
"when you mention men of high rank in your own character," they are
"those little creatures whom we are pleased to call the Great;" but when
you address th