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16 What could be done with ſuch a man? One of the gentlemen, being a practi- tioner of the law, anſwered the hoſt- eſs thus,—By G—d, madam, you are very much in the right of it; for al- though he has no right to the room he is in, yet, as this is a public inn, and he being in poſſeſſion of it, to break open a door upon him, would be ſuch an aſſault, as I ſhould not care to be concerned in for an hun- dred pounds. This ſpeech of the law- yer's ſoon determined the matter, for down they all went very quietly, and left Mr. Spiller ſecure enough in his lodgings.

In the morning when Mr. Spiller came down, he very complaiſantly bid them all a good morrow, and they in return, all curled him heartily for his good humour, and called him a thou- ſand bad names; but he underſtand- ing never a word that they ſaid, it was all given to the wind. Here, he de- ſired half a pint of white wine made hot, with in egg beat up in it for his breakfaſt, and then giving the hoſtler a ſhilling for looking after his horſe.