----Boulogne! ----hah! ----so we are all got together----debtors and sinners before heaven; a jolly set of us--but I can't stay and quaff it off with you --I'm pursued myself like a hundred devils, and shall be overtaken, before I can well change horses: ----for heaven's sake, make haste----'Tis for high-treason, quoth a very little man, whispering as low as he could to a very tall man, that stood next him ----Or else for murder; quoth the tall man ----Well thrown, _Size-ace!_ quoth I. No; quoth a third, the gentleman has been committing----.
_Ah! ma chere fille!_ said I, as she tripp'd by from her matins--you look as rosy as the morning (for the sun was rising, and it made the compliment the more gracious) --No; it can't be that, quoth a fourth----(she made a curt'sy to me --I kiss'd my hand) 'tis debt, continued he: 'Tis certainly for debt; quoth a fifth; I would not pay that gentleman's debts, quoth _Ace_, for a thousand pounds; nor would I, quoth _Size_, for six times the sum --Well thrown, _Size-ace_, again! quoth I; --but I have no debt but the debt of NATURE, and I want but patience of her, and I will pay her every farthing I owe her ----How can you be so hard-hearted, MADAM, to arrest a poor traveller going along without molestation to any one upon his lawful occasions? do stop that death-looking, long-striding scoundrel of a scare-sinner, who is posting after me----he never would have followed me but for you----if it be but for a stage or two, just to give me start of him, I beseech you, madam----do, dear lady----
----Now, in troth, 'tis a great pity, quoth mine _Irish_ host, that all this good courtship should be lost; for the young gentlewoman has been after going out of hearing of it all along.----
----Simpleton! quoth I.
----So you have nothing _else_ in _Boulogne_ worth seeing?
--By Jasus! there is the finest SEMINARY for the HUMANITIES----
--There cannot be a finer; quoth I.
- Boulogne! hah! - so we are all got together - a jolly set of debtors and sinners - but I can't stay with you - I'm pursued like a hundred devils, and shall be overtaken before I can change horses:- for heaven's sake, make haste-
''Tis for high-treason,' quoth a very little man, whispering to a tall man next to him.
'Or else for murder,' quoth the tall man.
'No', quoth a third; 'the gentleman has been committing-'
'Ah! ma chere fille!' said I, as she tripped by, 'you look as rosy as the morning,'
'No; 'tis debt,' quoth a fourth (she curtsied to me - I kissed my hand to her.)
''Tis certainly for debt,' quoth a fifth; 'I would not pay that gentleman's debts for a thousand pounds.'
'I have no debt,' quoth I, 'but the debt of Nature, and I will pay her every farthing I owe her - How can you be so hard-hearted, Madam, to arrest a poor traveller not harming anyone? do stop that death-looking, long-striding scoundrel who is following me - if only for a stage or two, just give me a head start, I beseech you, madam-'
'Now, 'tis a great pity,' quoth mine Irish host, 'that all this good courtship should be lost; for the young gentlewoman has been after going out of hearing.'
'Simpleton!' quoth I. 'So you have nothing else in Boulogne worth seeing?'
'By Jasus! there is the finest Seminary for the Humanities.'
'There cannot be a finer,' quoth I.
Book 7 - Chapter 7