Adventures and adventurers > Adventures of Roderick Random

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gentle raa» T;. appear cm to be. 4 iiave ia»
deed, laid die, purpjfely forb re to a<k
the particular* pf hi* life, Idl the recapi¬
tulation of fome misfortune* which he has
wndergane fbould give him pain: and as
to *he article of hif Fortue, 1 uwr *mvleif
®fru>i of inquiring into it, and of diico-
irering the lunari n oF my own, l.elt we
filould find our lei ve* both unhappy in the
* •xplan’au§rt?^‘at*» ! my piovifion is
• ndi’ionah and depend* entirely on my
brother* conFeqi, Thunderflrucfe with
’ thi* intelligence.' the light Forlook my
ey«*f. 'he colour vaniihed From my.cnevk'*,
*na l remained in a date of*Univerial tre¬
pidation. As l 4id not douo.i that by tipi*
time the fcandalou* al'pertion* of Belinda
vere diffuted all over the town 1 tefpived
to pubiifh in.r advemu.e v\i;.,h the French
fy’d barber, by way of repiqfal, I Faliied
cut,'and went diredlly to the'h ng room.
I- wa* met at the floor by a fetva"u, w ho
prelcmed to'me a billet without a Fub-
fcrip'ion. importing that my pretence was
difagrcTeable to th^ companv and ocUt ing
I would take the hint wiihout, further
diFlurba1 ce and bellow rnyfelF eljewnere
for thefuture. Thu peremptory mcffage
fil ed me with indignation, Ltollpwed the
fciiotv, fcbsci hi3t by the eoUiu:, ih pteT-
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