 mad enough to dispute the authority of this message; but, in
order to gall, and specify his contempt for those who brought it, he called
aloud to his valet, desiring him, in French, to accompany his things, and see
that none of his linen and effects should be stolen by the searchers. The
corporal, mortified at this satirical insinuation, darted a look of resentment
at the author, as if he had been interested for the glory of his nation; and
told him, that he could perceive he was a stranger in France, or else he would
have saved himself the trouble of such a needless precaution. Indeed this
expression had no sooner escaped our young gentleman, than he was ashamed of his
own petulance; for nothing was farther from his principles than the least
encouragement of ungenerous suspicion.
 

                                   Chapter XL

He makes a fruitless Attempt in Gallantry; departs for Boulogne, where he spends
the Evening with certain English Exiles
 
Having thus yielded to the hand of power, he inquired if there was any other
English company in the house; and understanding that a gentleman and lady lodged
in the next apartment, and had bespoke a post-chaise for Paris, he ordered Pipes
to ingratiate himself with their footman, and, if possible, learn their names
and condition, while he and Mr. Jolter, attended by the lacquey, took a turn
round the ramparts, and viewed the particulars of the fortification.
    Tom was so very successful in his inquiry, that when his master returned, he
was able to give him a very satisfactory account of his fellow-lodgers, in
consequence of having treated his brother with a bottle of wine. The people in
question were a gentleman and his lady, lately arrived from England, in their
way to Paris. The husband was a man of good fortune, who had been a libertine in
his youth, and a professed declaimer against matrimony. He neither wanted sense
nor experience, and piqued himself in particular upon his art in avoiding the
snares of the female sex, in which he pretended to be deeply versed. But,
notwithstanding all his caution and skill, he had lately fallen a sacrifice to
the attractions of an oyster-wench, who had found means to decoy him into the
bands of wedlock; and, in order to evade the compliments and congratulations of
his friends and acquaintance, he had come so far on a tour to Paris, where he
intended to initiate his spouse in the beau-monde; though in the mean time he
chose to live upon the reserve, because her natural talents had as yet received
but little cultivation; and
