He was playing
at quoits the other day in the court; a gentleman--a decent-looking
person enough--came past, and as a quoit hit his shin, he lifted his
cane: but my young brave whips out his pistol, like Beau Clincher in the
TRIP TO THE JUBILEE and had not a scream of GARDEZ L'EAU from an
upper window set all parties a-scampering for fear of the inevitable
consequences, the poor gentleman would have lost his life by the hands
of that little cockatrice.'
'A fine character you'll give of Scotland upon your return, Colonel
Talbot.'
'Oh, Justice Shallow,' said the Colonel, 'will save me the
trouble--"Barren, barren--beggars all, beggars all. Marry, good
air,"--and that only when you are fairly out of Edinburgh, and not yet
come to Leith, as is our case at present.'
In a short time they arrived at the seaport:
The boat rocked at the pier of Leith,
Full loud the wind blew down the ferry;
The ship rode at the Berwick Law--
'Farewell, Colonel; may you find all as you would wish it! Perhaps we
may meet sooner than you expect: they talk of an immediate route to
England.'
Tell me nothing of that,' said Talbot 'I wish to carry no news of your
motions.
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