----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.----

- 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.'
