 and the
Muff; but Partridge, who at several Times had refreshed himself with several
Naps, was more inclined to Eating than to Sleeping, and more to Drinking than to
either.
    And now the Storm which Grace had raised being at an End, and my Landlady
being again reconciled to the Puppet-man, who on his Side forgave the indecent
Reflections which the good Woman in her Passion had cast on his Performances, a
Face of perfect Peace and Tranquillity reigned in the Kitchin; where sat
assembled round the Fire, the Landlord and Landlady of the House, the Master of
the Puppet-show, the Attorney's Clerk, the Exciseman, and the ingenious Mr.
Partridge; in which Company past the agreeable Conversation which will be found
in the next Chapter.
 

                                  Chapter VII

    Containing a Remark or two of our own, and many more of the good Company
                           assembled in the Kitchin.
 
Though the Pride of Partridge did not submit to acknowledge himself a Servant,
yet he condescended in most Particulars to imitate the Manners of that Rank. One
Instance of this was his greatly magnifying the Fortune of his Companion, as he
called Jones: such is a general Custom with all Servants among Strangers, as
none of them would willingly be thought the Attendant on a Beggar: For the
higher the Situation of the Master is, the higher consequently is that of the
Man in his own Opinion; the Truth of which Observation appears from the
Behaviour of all the Footmen of the Nobility.
    But tho' Title and Fortune communicate a Splendor all around them, and the
Footmen of Men of Quality and of Estate think themselves entitled to a Part of
that Respect which is paid to the Quality and Estates of their Masters; it is
clearly otherwise with Regard to Virtue and Understanding. These Advantages are
strictly personal, and swallow themselves all the Respect which is paid to them.
To say the Truth, this is so very little, that they cannot well afford to let
any others partake with them. As these therefore reflect no Honour on the
Domestic, so neither is he at all dishonoured by the most deplorable Want of
both in his Master. Indeed it is otherwise in the Want of what is called Virtue
in a Mistress, the Consequence of which we have before seen: For in this
Dishonour there is a Kind of Contagion, which, like that of Poverty,
communicates itself to all who approach it.
    Now for these Reasons we are not to wonder that Servants (I mean among the
Men only) should have so great Regard for the Reputation of the Wealth of their
Masters, and little or none at all for
