ings, addresses, firings of salutes, illuminations,
tergiversations, prostrations, and intoxications
by which the people had testified the delirium
of their delight. So extravagant, and at the
same time, so universal had been their apparent
satisfaction, that the King had observed with
his usual pleasantry-" Surely it can be no
body's fault but my own that I have stayed so
long abroad, when all mankind have been wish-
ing me so heartily at home." In conclusion, the
Baronet stated his belief that he had drunk the
King's health until he made some inroads upon
his since he was
laid up with an attack of
the gout; gave an account of the horrible dila-
pidations committed upon Brambletye House in
his absence; expressed his apprehensions that
he should be involved in a lawsuit for the re-

own,

covery of his property, which had been sold by the committee of sequestration, and promised to recall his son as soon as this most vexatious affair, and certain other domestic difficulties,

familiarity, took their cue from their mistress, and eagerly tended a homage of which the Queen set the first example. Nor was the object of this deference less changed than the mode of his treatment. His beautiful figure was displayed

to the best advantage by splendid clothes and rich decorations; he had a greater command of money, which he squandered as lavishly as it was supplied; and the quick apprehension of youth suggesting to him that there must be some secret grounds for the high distinctions he received, he was not backward in adapting himself to his supposed dignity by a more consequential carriage, and a certain air of hauteur, which was pronounced arrogance by some who thought it unwarranted by his rank and station: while the Queen Mother had been heard to remark that nature and blood would disclose themselves in spite of all the restraints of circumstance. Various and shrewd were the guesses elicited by this random observation, which confirmed those