The Commodore takes Peregrine under his own care — The Boy arrives at the Garrison1 — Is strangely received by his own Mother — Enters into a Confederacy with Hatchway and Pipes, and executes a couple of waggish2 Enterprises upon his Aunt.
Trunnion having obtained this permission, that very afternoon despatched the lieutenant4 in a post-chaise to Keypstick’s house, from whence in two days he returned with our young hero, who being now in the eleventh year of his age, had outgrown5 the expectation of all his family, and was remarkable6 for the beauty and elegance7 of his person. His godfather was transported at his arrival, as if he had been actually the issue of his own loins: he shook him heartily8 by the hand, turned him round and round, surveyed him from top to bottom, bade Hatchway take notice how handsomely he was built; and squeezed his hand again, saying,—“D— ye, you dog, I suppose you don’t value such an old crazy son of a b — as me a rope’s end. You have forgot how I was wont9 to dandle you on my knee, when you was a little urchin10 no bigger than a davit, and played a thousand tricks upon me, burning my ‘bacco-pouches and poisoning my rumbo. O! d — ye, you can grin fast enough I see; I warrant you have learnt more things than writing and the Latin lingo11.”
Even Tom Pipes expressed uncommon12 satisfaction on this joyful13 occasion; and, coming up to Perry, thrust forth14 his fore15 paw, and accosted16 him with the salutation of “What cheer, my young master? I am glad to see thee with all my heart.” These compliments being passed, his uncle halted to the door of his wife’s chamber18, at which he stood hallooing, “Here’s your kinsman19, Perry: belike you won’t come and bid him welcome.”—“Lord, Mr. Trunnion,” said she, “why will you continually harass20 me in this manner with your impertinent intrusion?”-“I harrow you!” replied the commodore: “‘sblood! I believe your upper works are damaged: I only came to inform you that here was your cousin, whom you have not seen these four long years; and I’ll be d — d if there is such another of his age within the king’s dominions21, d’ye see, either for make or mettle22: he’s a credit to the name, d’ye see: but, d — my eyes, I’ll say no more of the matter: if you come, you may; if you won’t, you may let it alone.”—“Well, I won’t come, then,” answered his yoke-fellow, “for I am at present more agreeably employed.”—“Oho! you are. I believe so too,” cried the commodore, making wry23 faces and mimicking24 the action of dram-drinking. Then, addressing himself to Hatchway, “Prithee, Jack25,” said he, “go and try thy skill on that stubborn hulk: if anybody can bring her about, I know you wool.”
The lieutenant accordingly, taking his station at the door, conveyed his persuasion26 in these words: “What, won’t you turn out and hail little Perry? It will do your heart good to see such a handsome young dog; I’m sure he is the very moral of you, and as like as if he had been spit out of your own mouth, as the saying is: do show a little respect for your kinsman, can’t you?” To this remonstrance27 she replied, in a mild tone of voice, “Dear Mr. Hatchway, you are always teasing one in such a manner: sure I am, nobody can tax me with unkindness, or want of natural affection.” So saying, she opened the door, and, advancing to the hall where her nephew stood, received him very graciously and observed that he was the very image of her papa.
In the afternoon he was conducted by the commodore to the house of his parents; and, strange to tell, no sooner was he presented to his mother, than her countenance28 changed, she eyed him with tokens of affliction and surprise, and, bursting into tears, exclaimed her child was dead, and this was no other than an impostor whom they had brought to defraud29 her sorrow. Trunnion was confounded at this unaccountable passion, which had no other foundation than caprice and whim30; and Gamaliel himself was so disconcerted and unsettled in his own belief, which began to waver, that he knew not how to behave towards the boy, whom his godfather immediately carried back to the garrison, swearing all the way that Perry should never cross their threshold again with his good-will. Nay31, so much was he incensed32 at this unnatural33 and absurd renunciation, that he refused to carry on any further correspondence with Pickle34, until he was appeased35 by his solicitations and submission36, and Peregrine owned as his son and heir. But this acknowledgment was made without the privity of his wife, whose vicious aversion he was obliged, in appearance, to adopt. Thus exiled from his father’s house, the young gentleman was left entirely37 to the disposal of the commodore, whose affection for him daily increased, insomuch that he could scarcely prevail upon himself to part with him, when his education absolutely required that he should be otherwise disposed of.
In all probability, this extraordinary attachment38 was, if not produced, at least riveted39 by that peculiar40 turn in Peregrine’s imagination, which we have already observed; and which, during his residence in the castle, appeared in sundry41 stratagems42 he practised upon his uncle and aunt, under the auspices43 of Mr. Hatchway who assisted him in the contrivance and execution of all his schemes. Nor was Pipes exempted44 from a share in their undertakings45; for, being a trusty fellow, not without dexterity46 in some cases, and altogether resigned to their will, they found him a serviceable instrument for their purpose, and used him accordingly.
The first sample of their art was exhibited upon Mrs. Trunnion. They terrified that good lady with strange noises when she retired47 to her devotion. Pipes was a natural genius in the composition of discords48: he could imitate the sound produced by the winding49 of a jack, the filing of a saw, and the swinging of a malefactor50 hanging in chains; he could counterfeit51 the braying52 of an ass17, the screeching53 of a night-owl, the caterwauling of cats, the howling of a dog, the squeaking54 of a pig, the crowing of a cock; and he had learned the war-whoop uttered by the Indians in North America. These talents were exerted successively, at different times and places, to the terror of Mrs. Trunnion, the discomposure of the commodore himself, and the consternation55 of all the servants in the castle. Peregrine, with a sheet over his clothes, sometimes tumbled before his aunt in the twilight56, when her organs of vision were a little impaired57 by the cordial she had swallowed; and the boatswain’s mate taught him to shoe cats with walnut-shells, so that they made a most dreadful clattering58 in their nocturnal excursions.
The mind of Mrs. Trunnion was not a little disturbed by these alarms, which, in her opinion, portended59 the death of some principal person in the family; she redoubled her religious exercises, and fortified60 her spirits with fresh potations; nay, she began to take notice that Mr. Trunnion’s constitution was very much broken, and seemed dissatisfied when people observed that they never saw him look better. Her frequent visits to the closet, where all her consolation61 was deposited, inspired the confederates with a device which had like to have been attended with tragical62 consequences. They found an opportunity to infuse jalap in one of her case-bottles; and she took so largely of this medicine, that her constitution had well nigh sunk under the violence of its effect. She suffered a succession of fainting fits that reduced her to the brink63 of the grave, in spite of all the remedies that were administered by a physician, who was called in the beginning of her disorder64.
After having examined the symptoms, he declared that the patient had been poisoned with arsenic65, and prescribed only draughts66 and lubricating injections, to defend the coats of the stomach and intestines67 from the vellicating particles of that pernicious mineral; at the same time hinting, with a look of infinite sagacity, that it was not difficult to divine the whole mystery. He affected68 to deplore69 the poor lady, as if she was exposed to more attempts of the same nature; thereby70 glancing obliquely71 at the innocent commodore, whom the officious son of Aesculapius suspected as the author of this expedient72, to rid his hands of a yoke-fellow for whom he was well known to have no great devotion. This impertinent and malicious73 insinuation made some impression upon the bystanders, and furnished ample field for slander74 to asperse75 the morals of Trunnion, who was represented through the whole district as a monster of barbarity. Nay, the sufferer herself, though she behaved with great decency76 and prudence77, could not help entertaining some small diffidence of her husband; not that she imagined he had any design upon her life, but that he had been at pains to adulterate the brandy with a view of detaching her from that favourite liquor.
On this supposition, she resolved to act with more caution for the future, without setting on foot any inquiry78 about the affair; while the commodore, imputing79 her indisposition to some natural cause, after the danger was past, never bestowed80 a thought upon the subject; so that the perpetrators were quit of their fear, which, however, had punished them so effectually, that they never would hazard any more jokes of the same nature.
The shafts81 of their wit were now directed against the commander himself, whom they teased and terrified almost out of his senses. One day, while he was at dinner, Pipes came and told him that there was a person below that wanted to speak with him immediately, about an affair of the greatest importance, that would admit of no delay; upon which he ordered the stranger to be told that he was engaged, and that he must send up his name and business. To this demand he received for answer a message importing that the person’s name was unknown to him, and his business of such a nature, that it could not be disclosed to any one but the commodore himself, whom he earnestly desired to see without loss of time.
Trunnion, surprised at this importunity82, got up with great reluctance83, in the middle of his meal, and descending84 to a parlour where the stranger was, asked him, in a surly tone, what he wanted with him in such a d — d hurry, that he could not wait till he had made an end of his mess? The other, not at all disconcerted at this rough address, advanced close up to him on his tiptoes, and, with a look of confidence and conceit85, laying his mouth to one side of the commodore’s head, whispered softly in his car, “Sir, I am the attorney whom you wanted to converse86 with in private.”—“The attorney?” cried Trunnion, staring, and half-choked with choler. “Yes, sir, at your service,” replied this retainer of the law; “and, if you please, the sooner we despatch3 the affair the better; for ’tis an old observation, that delay breeds danger.”—“Truly, brother,” said the commodore, who could no longer contain himself, “I do confess that I am very much of your way of thinking, d’ye see, and therefore you shall be despatched in a trice.” So saying, he lifted up his walking-staff, which was something between a crutch87 and a cudgel, and discharged it with such energy on the seat of the attorney’s understanding, that if there had been anything but solid bone, the contents of his skull88 must have been evacuated89.
Fortified as he was by nature against all such assaults, he could not withstand the momentum90 of the blow, which in an instant laid him flat on the floor, deprived of all sense and motion; and Trunnion hopped91 upstairs to dinner, applauding himself in ejaculations all the way for the vengeance92 he had taken on such an impudent93 pettifogging miscreant94.
The attorney no sooner awaked from his trance, into which he had been so unexpectedly killed, than he cast his eyes around in quest of evidence, by which he might be enabled the more easily to prove the injury he had sustained, but not a soul appearing, he made shift to get upon his legs again, and, with the blood trickling95 over his nose, followed one of the servants into the dining-room, resolved to come to an explanation with the assailant, and either extort96 money from him by way of satisfaction, or provoke him to a second application before witnesses. With this view, he entered the room in a peal97 of clamour, to the amazement98 of all present, and the terror of Mrs. Trunnion, who shrieked99 at the appearance of such a spectacle; and addressing himself to the commodore, “I’ll tell you what, sir,” said he; “if there be law in England, I’ll make you smart for this here assault.” You think you have screened yourself from a prosecution100 by sending all your servants out of the way; but that circumstance will appear upon trial to be a plain proof of the malice101 prepense with which the fact was committed; especially when corroborated102 by the evidence of this here letter, under your own hand, whereby I am desired to come to your own house to transact103 an affair of consequence. So he produced the writing, and read the contents in these words:—
“Mr. Roger Ravine.
Sir,— Being in a manner prisoner in my own house, I desire you will give me a call precisely104 at three o’clock in the afternoon, and insist upon seeing myself, as I have an affair of great consequence, in which your particular advice is wanted by your humble105 servant,
“Hawser Trunnion.”
The one-eyed commander, who had been satisfied with the chastisement106 he had already bestowed upon the plaintiff, hearing him read this audacious piece of forgery107, which he considered as the effect of his own villainy, started up from table, and seizing a huge turkey that lay in a dish before him, would have applied108 it, sauce and all, by way of poultice, to his wound, had he not been restrained by Hatchway, who laid fast hold on both his arms, and fixed109 him to his chair again, advising the attorney to sheer off with what he had got. Far from following this salutary counsel, he redoubled his threats: set Trunnion at defiance110, telling him he not a man of true courage, although he had commanded a ship of war, or else he would not have attacked any person in such a cowardly and clandestine111 manner. This provocation112 would have answered his purpose effectually, had not his adversary’s indignation been repressed by the suggestions of the lieutenant, who desired his friend, in a whisper, to be easy, for he would take care to have the attorney tossed in a blanket for his presumption113. This proposal, which he received with great approbation114, pacified115 him in a moment: he wiped the sweat from his forehead, and his features relaxed into a grim smile.
Hatchway disappeared; and Ravine proceeded with great fluency116 of abuse, until he was interrupted by the arrival of Pipes, who, without any expostulation, led him out by the hand, and conducted him to the yard, where he was put into a carpet, and in a twinkling sent into the air by the strength and dexterity of five stout117 operators, whom the lieutenant had selected from the number of domestics for that singular spell of duty.
In vain did the astonished vaulter118 beg, for the love of God, that they would take pity upon him, and put an end to his involuntary gambols119: they were deaf to his prayers and protestations, even when he swore, in the most solemn manner, that if they would cease tormenting120 him, he would forget and forgive what was past, and depart in peace to his own habitation; and continued the game till they were fatigued121 with the exercise.
Ravine being dismissed in a most melancholy122 plight123, brought an action of assault and battery against the commodore, and subpoenaed124 all the servants as evidences in the cause; but as none of them had seen what happened, he did not find his account in the prosecution, though he himself examined all the witnesses, and, among their questions, asked, whether they had not seen him come in like another man? and whether they had ever seen any other man in such condition as that in which he had crawled off. But this last interrogation they were not obliged to answer, because it had reference to the second discipline he bad undergone, in which they, and they only, were concerned; and no person is bound to give testimony125 against himself.
In short, the attorney was nonsuited, to the satisfaction of all who knew him, and found himself under the necessity of proving that he had received, in course of post, the letter which was declared in court a scandalous forgery, in order to prevent an indictment126 with which he vas threatened by the commodore, who little dreamt that the whole affair had been planned and executed by Peregrine and his associates.
The next enterprise in which this triumvirate engaged, was a scheme to frighten Trunnion with an apparition127, which they prepared and exhibited in this manner: to the hide of a large ox, Pipes fitted a leathern vizor of a most terrible appearance, stretched on the jaws128 of a shark, which he had brought from sea, and accommodated with a couple of broad glasses instead of eyes. On the inside of these he placed two rushlights, and, with a composition of sulphur and saltpetre, made a pretty large fusee, which he fixed between two rows of the teeth. This equipage being finished, he, one dark night chosen for the purpose, put it on, and, following the commodore into a long passage, in which he was preceded by Perry with a light in his hand, kindled129 his firework with a match, and began to bellow130 like a bull. The boy, as it was concerted, looked behind him, screamed aloud, and dropped the light, which was extinguished in the fall; when Trunnion, alarmed at his nephew’s consternation, exclaimed, “Zounds! what’s the matter?” and turning about to see the cause of his dismay, beheld131 a hideous132 phantom133 vomiting134 blue flame, which aggravated135 the horrors of its aspect. He was instantly seized with an agony of fear, which divested136 him of his reason: nevertheless, he, as it were mechanically, raised his trusty supporter in his own defence, and, the apparition advancing towards him, aimed it at this dreadful annoyance137 with such a convulsive exertion138 of strength, that had not the blow chanced to light upon one of the horns Mr. Pipes would have had no cause to value himself upon his invention. Misapplied as it was, he did not fail to stagger at the shock; and, dreading139 another such salutation, closed with the commodore, and having tripped up his heels, retreated with great expedition.
It was then that Peregrine, pretending to recollect140 himself a little, ran, with all the marks of disturbance141 and affright, and called up the servants to the assistance of their master, whom they found in a cold sweat upon the floor, his features betokening142 horror and confusion. Hatchway raised him up, and having comforted him with a cup of Nantz, began to inquire into the cause of his disorder: but he could not extract one word of answer from his friend, who, after a considerable pause, during which he seemed to be wrapt in profound contemplation, pronounced aloud, “By the Lord! Jack, you may say what you wool; but I’ll be d — if it was not Davy Jones himself. I know him by his saucer eyes, his three rows of teeth, his horns and tail, and the blue smoke that came out of his nostrils143. What does the blackguard hell’s baby want with me? I’m sure I never committed murder, except in the way of my profession, nor wronged any man whatsomever since I first went to sea.” This same Davy Jones, according to the mythology144 of sailors, is the fiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep, and is often seen in various shapes, perching among the rigging on the eve of hurricanes, shipwrecks145, and other disasters, to which a seafaring life is exposed; warning the devoted146 wretch147 of death and woe148. No wonder then that Trunnion was disturbed by a supposed visit of this demon149, which, in his opinion, foreboded some dreadful calamity150.
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chastisement
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forgery
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vaulter
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