In the first place, he called upon Mr. D., for Mr. B. was from home--roving round the country in search of his faithless spouse, poor man! John Brown and Mr. D. laid their heads together; and, indeed, John Brown could not have come more opportunely, for Mr. D. had just got intelligence that the runagate Mrs. B., and her paramour, Lieutenant H., were concealed at No. 19, Carlisle-street, Soho. "Ho! ho!" thought John Brown to himself, "now I'll do the business genteelly--I'll get poor B. his wife again--I'll _baste_ the blackguard that took her away, and I'll get my bill honoured, _all quite regular_." Full of this hope and expectation, he instantly sallied forth on his way to No. 19, Carlisle-street, Soho; but, unfortunately, John Brown's memory "lacked retention"--the number of the house imperceptibly evaporated as he went along--by the time he reached Carlisle-street, _ten_ of the nineteen had completely vanished from his recollection, and so he boldly knocked at the door of No. 9. Now No. 9 was the residence of a most respectable maiden lady, the daughter of a late magistrate, and of very retired habits. But what was all that to John Brown? he had as little doubt of his having mistaken the house as he had of his own existence. The door was opened by one of the maid-servants, and John Brown, with his fine flaming physiognomy, strode manfully into the hall. The girl, with the open door still in her hand, stared after him with surprise.--"Shut the door, young woman!" said the peremptory John Brown, "shut the door, young woman, and show me up to the _missis_." "My mistress, Sir!" said the astonished girl;--"it's impossible--she is not up." "Aye, that won't do for me," replied John Brown, "I must, and I will see her directly--so show me up stairs!" The girl became alarmed, and called her fellow-servant; whilst John Brown continued marching about the hall, wiping the dewy moisture from his blushing brows, and vociferating aloud, "You baggages! you know all about it! But I won't be gammoned!--you know the _missis_ is in bed with Lieutenant H.! But I'll have him out in spite of you!"