, then informed us that only one of the gentlemen lodged in her house, and the other, who by our account of his audacity she assured us could not be Captain Bradshaw, was one of his friends who often visited him.
Her lodger, she said, was a gentleman of the belt character, sweet tempered, and extremely generous, and had never been, guilty of such a riot in her house since he had lived with her; she therefore imagined his present freedom must have entirely proceeded from inebriety, as indeed the other gentleman his friend was

but too much giVen to that fault, and might have led him into it, and she was certain Captain Bradshaw would be quite distressed when he reflected on his misbehaviour to two such ladies.
She afterwards added, that having got a glympse of us one day on the stairs, he had been so much struck, as she called it, that he had often entreated her to contrive some means of seeing us for a longer time, but that she had told him that was a favour he must owe to chance alone, as she could not presume to introduce him.
I told Mrs. Brumpton that intoxication, (a bad apology for any transgression,) afforded no sort of justification for rudeness like his, and that I should most undoubtedly take effectual means to prevent a repetition of the same offence, by applying next day to Mr. Howard, who would talk to the young men on the subject without delay.

This was less my intention at the time than meant as a threat to be repeated from Mr. Brumpton's lips to her lodger; tho' I had resolved, in the heat of my resentment, not considering the consequences, to inform Mr. Howard of our affront and to request his interference: but a moment's reflection had changed this resolution; and the good woman represented so strongly the risque attending engaging two gentlemen in a quarrel, that I determined never to mention it to him unless I had reason to dread the continuance of a similar conduct.
Next morning our landlady brought us an apology couched in the most respectful terms, from the Captain, entreating our forgiveness for our last night's alarm. As I was somewhat afraid of his encroachments after such audacious behaviour, we took no further notice of his message than to tell Mrs. Brumpton that while her lodger made no attempts

to force himself on our acquaintance we should think of the past no more.
All yesterday and the day before Mrs. Hindon was confined with a bad cold, yet she was so kind as to request our company; but
