CHAPTER LIV.
He makes another Effort to towards the Accomplishment of his Wish, which is postponed by a strange Accident.
He directed his valet-de-chambre, who was a thorough-paced pimp, to k****e some straw in the yard, and then pass by the door of her apartment, crying with a loud voice that the house was on fire. This alarm brought both ladies out of their chamber in a moment, and Peregrine, taking the advantage of their running to the street door, entered the room, concealed himself under a large table that stood in an unobserved corner. The nymphs, as soon as they understood the cause of his Mercury’s supposed affright, returned to their apartment, and, having said their prayers, undressed themselves, and went to bed. This scene, which fell under the observation of Pickle, did not a
