ed in ignominy through the rascal
Crowd, which made a Grinning, Jeering, Hooting lane for us to pass to
the Guardhouse at the Entrance of the Gardens. The Officer of the Guard
was at first for having both of us strapped down to a Bench as a
preliminary measure to receive two hundred Blows apiece with Willow Rods
in the small of our backs, which is their usual way of commencing
Judicial proceedings, when up comes the old Lord in a Monstrous Puff and
Flurry, and says that by the Empress's command no present Harm is to be
done us; but that we are to be removed to the Town Gaol till the Caesar's
pleasure respecting us shall be known. Her Majesty, however, forgot to
enjoin that we were not to be fettered; so the Captain of the Guard he
claps on us the heaviest Irons that ever Mutineers howled in; and we,
being flung into a kind of Brewer's Dray, and accompanied by a Strong
Guard of Horse and Foot, were conveyed to Vienna, and locked up in the
Town Gaol.

Luckily Mr. Hodge speedily got wind of our misfortune, and hied him to
the British Ambassador, who, being fond of a Pleasant Story, laughed
heartily at the recital. He promised to get my Master off on payment of
a Fine or something of that sort; and as for me, he was good enough to
opine that I might think myself Lucky if I escaped with a sound dose of
the Bastinado once a week for three months, and a couple of years or so
in Irons. The Chaplain pleaded for me as well as for my Master as hard
as he could; and his Excellency frowned and said, that the Diversions of
a Gentleman might run a little wild sometimes and no harm done, but that
the Insolence of Servants (which was a growing evil) must be restrained.
"At all events, I'll see what I can do," he condescended to explain.
"Come what may, the Fellow can't fare very badly for a sound Beating,
and perhaps they will let him off when he has had cudgelling enough." So
he calls for his Coach, and goes off to Court.

FOOTNOTES:

[E] Had Captain Dangerous written his memoirs a few years later, he
might have found cause to alter his opinion respecting the wisdom of
George III. in refusing to grant the American demands.

[F] And yet Captain Dangerous is a stanch opponent of Reform.--ED.

CHAPTER THE SIXTH.

OF PARIS (BY THE WAY OF THE PRISON AT VIENNA), AND
OF MY COMING BACK FOR A SEASON TO MY OWN COUNTRY,
WHERE MY MASTER, THE CHAPLAIN, AND I PART COMPANY.

THE Fox in the Fable, so my Gr