State Trials, Political and Social. Volume 2 (of 2)
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State Trials, Political and Social. Volume 2 (of 2)
Trials -- Great Britain
with his brother's health. We sate some time, all seemed well,
and I thought I could have reconciled them. The cork lying out
of the bottle, captain Goodere takes up the cork in his hand,
put it into the mouth of the bottle and struck it in very hard.
I then said, though sir John will not drink wine, you and I
will. No, says captain Goodere, I will drink water too, if I
drink any more; and there was no more drank. After they had
talked several things (particularly captain Goodere of the
pleasantness of the situation of the estate in Herefordshire
and goodness of the land) in a very pleasant and friendly way,
sir John rose up, and said, Mr. Smith, what time would you have
me be with you to-morrow morning? I appointed nine o'clock. He
said, Brother, I wish you well; then said to me, I will be with
you half an hour before. Sir John went down the steps; the
captain was following; I stopt him, and said, Pray don't go,
captain, let you and I drink a glass of wine. No more now, I
thank you, sir, said he. I think, said I, I have done great
things for you. He paused a little and said, By God, it will
not do; and in a very short time the captain went very nimbly
down the steps. I followed him to the door, and observed him to
go after sir John down the hill; and before he turned the
churchyard wall, to be out of my sight, I observed some sailors
come out of the White Hart ale-house, within view of my door,
and they ran up to captain Goodere. I heard him say, Is he
ready? (I thought he meant the boat), they said, Yes. He bid
them make haste. Then they ran very fast towards the
lower-green, one of them having a bottle in his hand; captain
Goodere went very fast down the hill, and had it not been by
mere accident I should have followed him (but some people think
it was well I did not), for I promised my wife to return to the
house where we dined in Queen's-square, where I went soon
after.
MR. RECORDER--Mr. Smith, did they all go toward the lower
green?
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