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The Italian and the abbe were the first who began to grow whimsical under the influence of the burgundy; and, in the heat of their elevation3, proposed that the company should amuse themselves during the remaining part of the night, at the house of an obliging dame4, who maintained a troop of fair nymphs for the accommodation of the other sex. The proposal was approved by all, except the Hollander, whose economy the wine had not as yet invaded; and, while he retreated soberly to his own lodgings5, the rest of the society adjourned6 in two coaches to the temple of love, where they were received by the venerable priestess, a personage turned of seventy, who seemed to exercise the functions of her calling, in despite of the most cruel ravages8 of time; for age had bent9 her into the form of a Turkish bow. Her head was agitated10 by the palsy, like the leaf of the poplar tree; her hair fell down in scanty11 parcels, as white as the driven snow; her face was not simply wrinkled, but ploughed into innumerable furrows12; her jaws13 could not boast of one remaining tooth; one eye distilled14 a large quantity of rheum, by virtue15 of the fiery16 edge that surrounded it; the other was altogether extinguished, and she had lost her nose in the course of her ministration. The Delphic sibyl was but a type of this hoary17 matron, who, by her figure, might have been mistaken for the consort18 of Chaos19, or mother of Time. Yet there was something meritorious20 in her appearance, as it denoted her an indefatigable21 minister to the pleasure of mankind, and as it formed an agreeable contrast with the beauty and youth of the fair damsels that wantoned in her train. It resembled those discords22 in music, which, properly disposed, contribute to the harmony of the whole piece; or those horrible giants, who, in the world of romance, used to guard the gates of the castle in which the enchanted23 damsel was confined.
This Urganda seemed to be aware of her own importance, and perfectly24 well acquainted with the human appetite; for she compelled the whole company to undergo her embrace. Then a lacquey, in magnificent livery, ushered25 them into a superb apartment, where they waited some minutes, without being favoured with the appearance of the ladies, to the manifest dissatisfaction of the abbe, who, sending for the gouvernante, reprimanded her severely26 for her want of politesse. The old lady, who was by no means a pattern of patience and submission27, retorted his reproaches with great emphasis and vivacity28. Her eloquence29 flowed altogether in the Covent Garden strain; and I question whether the celebrated30 Mother Douglas herself could have made such a figure in an extemporaneous31 altercation32.
After having bestowed33 upon the abbe the epithets34 of saucy35 insignificant36 pimp, she put him in mind of the good offices which he had received at her hands; how she had supplied him with bed, board, and bedfellow, in his greatest necessity; sent him abroad with money in his pockets — and, in a word, cherished him in her bosom37, when his own mother had abandoned him to distress38. She then reviled39 him for presuming to affront40 her before strangers, and gave the company to understand, that the young ladies would wait upon them as soon as they could be confessed and receive absolution from a worthy41 cordelier, who was now employed in performing that charitable office. The gentlemen were satisfied with this remonstrance42, which argued the old lady’s pious43 concern for the souls that were under her care, and our adventurer proposed an accommodation betwixt her and the abbe, who was prevailed upon to ask her pardon, and received her blessing44 upon his knees.
This affair had not been long adjusted, when five damsels were introduced in a very gay dishabille, and our hero was complimented with the privilege of choosing his Amanda from the whole bevy45. When he was provided, the others began to pair themselves, and, unhappily, the German count chanced to pitch upon the same nymph who had captivated the desires of the British knight46. A dispute immediately ensued; for the Englishman made his addresses to the lady, without paying the least regard to the priority of the other’s claim; and she, being pleased with his attachment48, did not scruple49 to renounce50 his rival, who swore by the thunder, lightning, and sacrament, that he would not quit his pretensions51 for any prince in Christendom, much less for a little English cavalier, whom he had already honoured too much in condescending52 to be his companion.
The knight, provoked at this stately declaration, which was the immediate47 effect of anger and ebriety, eyed his antagonist53 with a most contemptuous aspect, and advised him to avoid such comparisons for the future. “We all know,” said he, “the importance of a German count; I suppose your revenue amounts to three hundred rix-dollars; and you have a chateau54 that looks like the ruins of an English gaol55. I will bind56 myself to lend you a thousand pounds upon a mortgage of your estate, (and a bad bargain I am sure I shall have,) if I do not, in less than two months, find a yeoman of Kent, who spends more in strong ale than the sum-total of your yearly income; and, were the truth known, I believe that lace upon your coat is no better than tinsel, and those fringed ruffles57, with fine Holland sleeves, tacked58 to a shirt of brown canvas, so that, were you to undress yourself before the lady, you would only expose your own poverty and pride.”
The count was so much enraged59 at these sarcastic60 observations, that his faculty61 of speech was overwhelmed by his resentment62; though, in order to acquit1 himself of the Englishman’s imputation63, he forthwith pulled off his clothes with such fury, that his brocade waistcoat was tore from top to bottom. The knight, mistaking his meaning, considered this demeanour as a fair challenge, to try which was the better man in the exercise of boxing; and, on that supposition, began to strip in his turn, when he was undeceived by Fathom65, who put the right interpretation66 upon the count’s behaviour, and begged that the affair might be compromised. By this time the Westphalian recovered the use of his tongue, and with many threats and imprecations, desired they would take notice how falsely he had been aspersed67, and do him justice in espousing68 his claim to the damsel in question.
Before the company had time or inclination69 to interest themselves in the quarrel, his opponent observed that no person who was not a mere70 German, would ever dream of forcing the inclinations71 of a pretty girl, whom the accidents of fortune had subjected to his power; that such compulsion was equivalent to the most cruel rape72 that could be committed; and that the lady’s aversion was not at all surprising; for, to speak his own sentiments, were he a woman of pleasure, he would as soon grant favours to a Westphalian hog73, as to the person of his antagonist. The German, enraged at this comparison, was quite abandoned by his patience and discretion74. He called the knight an English clown, and, swearing he was the most untoward75 beast of a whole nation of mules76, snatched up one of the candlesticks, which he launched at him with such force and violence, that it sung through the air, and, winging its flight into the ante-chamber77, encountered the skull78 of his own valet, who with immediate prostration79 received the message of his master.
The knight, that he might not be behindhand with the Westphalian in point of courtesy, returned the compliment with the remaining chandelier, which also missed its mark, and, smiting80 a large mirror that was fixed81 behind them, emitted such a crash as one might expect to hear if a mine were sprung beneath a manufacture of glass. Both lights being thus extinguished, a furious combat ensued in the dark; the Italian scampered82 off with infinite agility83, and, as he went downstairs, desired that nobody would interpose, because it was an affair of honour, which could not be made up. The ladies consulted their safety in flight; Count Fathom slyly retired84 to one corner of the room; while the abbe, having upon him the terrors of the commissaire, endeavoured to appease85 and part the combatants, and, in the attempt, sustained a random86 blow upon his nose, which sent him howling into the other chamber, where, finding his band besmeared with his own blood, he began to caper87 about the apartment, in a transport of rage and vexation.
Meanwhile, the old gentlewoman being alarmed with the noise of the battle, and apprehensive88 that it would end in murder, to the danger and discredit89 of herself and family, immediately mustered90 up her myrmidons, of whom she always retained a formidable band, and, putting herself at their head, lighted them to the scene of uproar91. Ferdinand, who had hitherto observed a strict neutrality, no sooner perceived them approach, than he leaped in between the disputants, that he might be found acting92 in the character of a peacemaker; and, indeed, by this time, victory had declared for the baronet, who had treated his antagonist with a cross-buttock, which laid him almost breathless on the floor. The victor was prevailed upon, by the entreaties93 of Fathom, to quit the field of battle, and adjourn7 into another room, where, in less than half an hour, he received a billet from the count, defying him to single combat on the frontiers of Flanders, at an appointed time and place. The challenge was immediately accepted by the knight, who, being flushed with conquest, treated his adversary94 with great contempt.
But, next day, when the fumes95 of the burgundy were quite exhaled96, and the adventure recurred97 to his remembrance and sober reflection, he waited upon our adventurer at his lodgings, and solicited98 his advice in such a manner, as gave him to understand that he looked upon what had happened as a drunken brawl99, which ought to have no serious consequences. Fathom foreseeing that the affair might be managed for his own interest, professed100 himself of the baronet’s opinion; and, without hesitation101, undertook the office of a mediator102, assuring his principal, that his honour should suffer no stain in the course of his negotiation103.
Having received the Englishman’s acknowledgments for this instance of friendship, he forthwith set out for the place of the German’s habitation, and understanding he was still asleep, insisted upon his being immediately waked, and told, that a gentleman from the chevalier desired to see him, upon business of importance which could not be delayed. Accordingly, his valet-de-chambre, pressed by Fathom’s importunities and remonstrances104, ventured to go in and shake the count by the shoulder; when this furious Teutonian, still agitated by the fever of the preceding night, leaped out of bed in a frenzy105, and seizing his sword that lay upon a table, would have severely punished the presumption106 of his servant, had not he been restrained by the entrance of Ferdinand, who, with a peremptory107 countenance108, gave him to understand that the valet had acted at his immediate instigation; and that he was come, as the Englishman’s friend, to concert with him proper measures for keeping the appointment they had made at their last meeting.
This message effectually calmed the German, who was not a little mortified109 to find himself so disagreeably disturbed. He could not help cursing the impatience110 of his antagonist, and even hinting that he would have acted more like a gentleman and good Christian111, in expressing a desire of seeing the affair accommodated, as he knew himself to be the aggressor, consequently the first offender112 against the laws of politeness and good-fellowship. Fathom, finding him in a fit temper of mind, took the opportunity of assenting113 to the reasonableness of his observation. He ventured to condemn114 the impetuosity of the baronet, who, he perceived, was extremely nice and scrupulous115 in the punctilios of honour; and said it was a pity that two gentlemen should forfeit116 each other’s friendship, much less expose their lives, for such a frivolous117 cause. “My dear count,” cried the Westphalian, “I am charmed to find your sentiments so conformable to my own. In an honourable118 cause, I despise all danger; my courage, thank Heaven! has been manifested in many public engagements as well as in private rencounters; but, to break with my friend, whose eminent119 virtues120 I admire, and even to seek his life, on such a scandalous occasion, for a little insignificant w —-e, who, I suppose, took the advantage of our intoxication121, to foment122 the quarrel: by Heaven! my conscience cannot digest it.”
Having expressed himself to this purpose, he waited impatiently for the reply of Ferdinand, who, after a pause of deliberation, offered his services in the way of mediation123; though, he observed, it was a matter of great delicacy124, and the event altogether uncertain. “Nevertheless,” added our adventurer, “I will strive to appease the knight, who, I hope, will be induced by my remonstrances to forget the unlucky accident, which hath so disagreeably interrupted your mutual125 friendship.” The German thanked him for this proof of his regard, which yielded him more satisfaction on account of the chevalier than of himself. “For, by the tombs of my fathers,” cried he, “I have so little concern for my personal safety, that, if my honour were interested, I durst oppose myself singly to the whole ban of the empire; and I am now ready, if the chevalier requires it, to give him the rendezvous126 in the forest of Senlis, either on horseback or on foot, where this contest may be terminated with the life of one or both of us.”
Count Fathom, with a view to chastise127 the Westphalian for this rhodomontade, told him, with a mortifying128 air of indifference129, that if they were both bent upon taking the field, he would save himself the trouble of interposing farther in the affair; and desired to know the hour at which it would suit him to take the air with the baronet. The other, not a little embarrassed by this question, said, with a faltering130 tongue, he should be proud to obey the chevalier’s orders; but, at the same time, owned he should be much better pleased if our hero would execute the pacific proposal he had made. Fathom accordingly promised to exert himself for that purpose, and returned to the knight, with whom he assumed the merit of having tranquillised the rage of an incensed131 barbarian132, who was now disposed to a reconciliation133 upon equal terms. The baronet overwhelmed him with caresses134 and compliments upon his friendship and address; the parties met that same forenoon, as if by accident, in Fathom’s apartment, where they embraced each other cordially, exchanged apologies, and renewed their former correspondence.
Our adventurer thought he had good reason to congratulate himself upon the part he had acted in this pacification135. He was treated by both with signal marks of particular affection and esteem136. The count pressed him to accept, as a token of his attachment, a sword of very curious workmanship, which he had received in a present from a certain prince of the empire. The knight forced upon his finger a very splendid diamond ring, as a testimony137 of his gratitude138 and esteem. But there was still another person to be appeased139, before the peace of the whole company could be established. This was no other than the abbe, from whom each of the reconciled friends received at dinner a billet couched in these words:—
“I have the honour to lament140 the infinite chagrin141 and mortification142 that compels me to address myself in this manner to a person of your rank and eminence143, whom I should do myself the pleasure of waiting upon in person, were I not prevented by the misfortune of my nose, which was last night most cruelly disarranged, by a violent contusion I had the honour to receive, in attempting to compose that unhappy fracas144, at the house of Madame la Maquerelle; and what puts the finishing stroke to my mishap145, is my being rendered incapable146 of keeping three or four assignations with ladies of fashion, by whom I have the honour to be particularly esteemed147. The disfiguration of my nose, the pain I have undergone, with the discomposure of brain which it produced, I could bear as a philosopher; but the disappointment of the ladies, my glory will not permit me to overlook. And as you know the injury was sustained in your service, I have the pleasure to hope you will not refuse to grant such reparation as will be acceptable to a gentleman, who has the honour to be with inviolable attachment,—
Sir, your most devoted148 slave,
PEPIN CLOTHAIRE CHARLE HENRI LOOUIS BARNABE DE FUMIER.”
This epistle was so equivocal, that the persons to whom it was addressed did not know whether or not they ought to interpret the contents into a challenge; when our hero observed, that the ambiguity149 of his expressions plainly proved there was a door left open for accommodation; and proposed that they should forthwith visit the writer at his own apartment. They accordingly followed his advice, and found the abbe in his morning gown and slippers150, with three huge nightcaps on his head, and a crape hat-band tied over the middle of his face, by way of bandage to his nose. He received his visitors with the most ridiculous solemnity, being still a stranger to the purport151 of their errand; but soon as the Westphalian declared they were come in consequence of his billet, in order to ask pardon for the undesigned offence they had given, his features retrieved152 their natural vivacity, and he professed himself perfectly satisfied with their polite acknowledgment. Then they condoled153 him upon the evil plight154 of his nose, and seeing some marks upon his shirt, asked with seeming concern, if he had lost any blood in the fray155? To this interrogation he replied, that he had still a sufficient quantity left for the occasions of his friends; and that he should deem it his greatest glory to expend156 the last drop of it in their service.
Matters being thus amicably157 adjusted, they prevailed upon him to unease his nose, which retained no signs of the outrage158 he had suffered; and the amusements of the day were concerted. It was in consequence of this plan, that, after the comedy, they were entertained at the count’s lodgings, where quadrille was proposed by the abbe, as the most innocent pastime, and the proposal was immediately embraced by all present, and by none with more alacrity159 than by our adventurer, who, without putting forth64 a moiety160 of his skill, went home with twenty louis clear gain. Though, far from believing himself greatly superior to the rest of the party, in the artifices161 of play, he justly suspected that they had concealed162 their skill, with a view of stripping him on some other occasion; for he could not suppose that persons of their figure and character should be, in reality, such novices163 as they affected164 to appear.
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