invited to dinner, and while he stayed treated with such cloying
proofs of her regard, that not only the rest of the company, but
even Trunnion perceived her drift; and taking the alarm accordingly,
could not help exclaiming, "Oho! I see how the land lies, and if
I don't weather the point, I'll be d--d." Having thus expressed
himself to his afflicted inamorata, he made the best of his way
to the garrison, in which he shut himself up for the space of ten
days, and had no communication with his friends and domestics but
by looks, which were most significantly picturesque.





CHAPTER VII.




Divers Stratagems are invented and put in practice, in order to
overcome the obstinacy of Trunnion, who, at length, is teased and
tortured into the Noose of Wedlock.


This abrupt departure and unkind declaration affected Mrs. Grizzle
so much, that she fell sick of sorrow and mortification; and after
having confined herself to her bed for three days, sent for her
brother, told him she perceived her end drawing near, and desired
that a lawyer might be brought, in order to write her last will.
Mr. Pickle, surprised at her demand, began to act the part of a