tantly put to death. This declaration,
confirmed by many terrible oaths, he calculated for the hearing of his
rival, who, understanding his sanguinary purpose, started up in great
trepidation, and, naked as he was, dropped from the balcony into the
street, while Peregrine thundered at the door for admittance, and,
guessing his design, gave him an opportunity of making this precipitate
retreat. Pipes, who stood sentinel at the door, observing the fugitive
descend, attacked him with his cudgel; and sweating him from one end of
the street to the other, at last committed him to the guet by whom he
was conveyed to the officer on duty in a most disgraceful and deplorable
condition.

Meanwhile Peregrine, having burst open the chamber door, found the lady
in the utmost dread and consternation, and the spoils of her favourite
scattered about the room; but his resentment was doubly gratified, when
he learned, upon inquiry, that the person who had been so disagreeably
interrupted was no other than that individual mousquetaire with whom he
had quarrelled at the comedy. He upbraided the nymph with her
perfidy and ingratitude; and telling her that she must not expect the
continuance of his regard, or the appointments which she had hitherto
enjoyed from his bounty, went home to his own lodgings, overjoyed at the
issue of the adventure.

The soldier, exasperated at the disgrace he had undergone, as well as
the outrageous insult of the English valet, whom he believed his master
had tutored for that purpose, no sooner extricated himself from the
opprobrious situation he had incurred, than, breathing vengeance
against the author of the affront, he came to Peregrine's apartment, and
demanded satisfaction upon the ramparts next morning before sunrise.
Our hero assured him he would not fail to pay his respects to him at the
time and place appointed; and foreseeing that he might be prevented from
keeping this engagement by the officious care of his governor, who saw
the mousquetaire come in, he told Mr. Jolter, that the Frenchman
had visited him in consequence of an order he had received from his
superiors, to make an apology for his rude behaviour to him in the
playhouse, and that they had parted very good friends. This assurance,
together with Pickle's tranquil and unconcerned behaviour through the
day, quieted the terrors which had begun to take possession of his
tutor's imagination; so that the youth had an opportunity of giving him
the