ig town confused
him; and, although he was glad to have seen it, he was more happy
still to get out of it and breathe a breath of fresh country air once
more. So it was arranged that he would come to the "Pig and Turnip"
next morning between six and seven o'clock. I then turned back to the
shop of a tailor who for a long time had had two suits of clothing
waiting for me that were entirely elegant in their design. The tailor,
however, would not take the word of a gentleman that payment would
follow the delivery of the costumes; for a little later would be more
convenient for me to give him the money, and this made me doubt, in
spite of the buttons and gold lace, if the garments were quite the
fashionable cut, because a tailor who demands money on the spot shows
he is entirely unaccustomed to deal with the upper classes; but I
needed these clothes, as the two suits I possessed were getting a
little the worse for wear.

When I went into his shop he was inclined to be haughty, thinking I
had come to ask credit again; but when he saw the glitter of the money
the man became obsequious to a degree that I never had witnessed
before. I was affable to him, but distant; and when he offered me
everything that was in his shop, I told him I would take time and
consider it. He sent a servant following behind me with the goods, and
so I came once more to the "Pig and Turnip," where I ordered Paddy and
Jem to go to the Temple and fetch away the swords.

There seemed to be a pleased surprise on the face of the landlord when
I called for my bill and paid it without question, chiding him for his
delay in not sending it before. I engaged a horse for Father Donovan
to ride on the following morning, and ordered breakfast ready at six
o'clock, although I gave my commands that I was to be wakened an hour
before daylight.

I spent the rest of the day in my room with Paddy and Jem, trying to
knock into their heads some little notion of geography, wishing to
make certain that they would sooner or later arrive in Rye without
stumbling in on Belfast while on the way. My own knowledge of the face
of the country was but meagre, so the landlord brought in a rough map
of the south of England, and I cautioned the lads to get across London
Bridge and make for the town of Maidstone, from where they could go
due south, and if they happened on the coast they were to inquire for
Rye and stay there until further orders. Jem Bottles, who thought he
had brai