Mr. Sirloin, having a little recovered himself from the fatigue the violent exertion of his strength had occasioned, now turned to his wife and daughter, and told the latter, that for the future she should be under his direction, and bid her see that to-morrow, she appeared in the shop as his daughter, with a coloured apron before her, and dispose of those dangling things at her elbows or he’d burn ’em: the two ladies having seen such manifest proofs of Mr. Sirloin’s prowess were intimidated into silence, not even daring to exercise those dreadful weapons their tongues, which were now for the first time, I believed, subdued. The captain during this had employed himself in wiping the dirt which had been left by Mr. Sirloin’s shoes off him, every now and then saying this was fine treatment for a _Gentleman_. Mr. Sirloin now opened the door, and ordered the martial captain to leave the room, who seemed very glad to obey him, Mr. Sirloin complimenting him with two or three very handsome kicks at his departure. The fruits of this adventure, continued Sable, were pretty equally divided betwixt me and my unfortunate associate, though I believe the _marks_ of Mr. Sirloin’s favours, continued a considerable time longer upon the unsuccessful captain than upon me, a circumstance which instead of creating envy in me, proved rather a matter of consolation. The address and deportment of this assumed military gentleman, continued Sable, did not at first discover to me any thing that resembled the gentility of an officer in the army, nor did his lodging correspond with such a character, therefore I imagined he was only in reality, like me a gentleman _pro tempore_.