The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom. Volume 02

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Tobias Smollett. The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom. Volume 02

PART II

CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE. OUR ADVENTURER IS MADE ACQUAINTED WITH A NEW SCENE OF LIFE

CHAPTER FORTY. HE CONTEMPLATES MAJESTY AND ITS SATELLITES IN ECLIPSE

CHAPTER FORTY-ONE. ONE QUARREL IS COMPROMISED, AND ANOTHER DECIDED BY UNUSUAL ARMS

CHAPTER FORTY-TWO. AN UNEXPECTED RENCONTRE, AND A HAPPY REVOLUTION IN THE AFFAIRS OF OUR ADVENTURER

CHAPTER FORTY-THREE. FATHOM JUSTIFIES THE PROVERB, "WHAT'S BRED IN THE BONE WILL NEVER COME OUT OF THE FLESH."

CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR. ANECDOTES OF POVERTY, AND EXPERIMENTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE. RENALDO'S DISTRESS DEEPENS, AND FATHOM'S PLOT THICKENS

CHAPTER FORTY-SIX. OUR ADVENTURER BECOMES ABSOLUTE IN HIS POWER OVER THE PASSIONS OF HIS FRIEND, AND EFFECTS ONE HALF OF HIS AIM

CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN. THE ART OF BORROWING FURTHER EXPLAINED, AND AN ACCOUNT OF A STRANGE PHENOMENON

CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT. COUNT FATHOM UNMASKS HIS BATTERY; IS REPULSED; AND VARIES HIS OPERATIONS WITHOUT EFFECT

CHAPTER FORTY-NINE. MONIMIA'S HONOUR IS PROTECTED BY THE INTERPOSITION OF HEAVEN

CHAPTER FIFTY. FATHOM SHIFTS THE SCENE, AND APPEARS IN A NEW CHARACTER

CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE. TRIUMPHS OVER A MEDICAL RIVAL

CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO. REPAIRS TO THE METROPOLIS, AND ENROLS HIMSELF AMONG THE SONS OF PAEAN

CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE. ACQUIRES EMPLOYMENT IN CONSEQUENCE OF A LUCKY MISCARRIAGE

CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR. HIS ECLIPSE, AND GRADUAL DECLINATION

CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE. AFTER DIVERS UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORTS, HE HAS RECOURSE TO THE MATRIMONIAL NOOSE

CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX. IN WHICH HIS FORTUNE IS EFFECTUALLY STRANGLED

CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN. FATHOM BEING SAFELY HOUSED, THE READER IS ENTERTAINED WITH A RETROSPECT

CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT. RENALDO ABRIDGES THE PROCEEDINGS AT LAW, AND APPROVES HIMSELF THE SON OF HIS FATHER

CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE. HE IS THE MESSENGER OF HAPPINESS TO HIS SISTER, WHO REMOVES THE FILM WHICH HAD LONG OBSTRUCTED HIS PENETRATION, WITH REGARD TO COUNT FATHOM

CHAPTER SIXTY. HE RECOMPENSES THE ATTACHMENT OF HIS FRIEND; AND RECEIVES A LETTER THAT REDUCES HIM TO THE VERGE OF DEATH AND DISTRACTION

CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE. RENALDO MEETS WITH A LIVING MONUMENT OF JUSTICE, AND ENCOUNTERS A PERSONAGE OF SOME NOTE IN THESE MEMOIRS

CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO. HIS RETURN TO ENGLAND, AND MIDNIGHT PILGRIMAGE TO MONIMIA'S TOMB

CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE. HE RENEWS THE RITES OF SORROW, AND IS ENTRANCED

CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR. THE MYSTERY UNFOLDED–ANOTHER RECOGNITION, WHICH, IT IS TO BE HOPED, THE READER COULD NOT FORESEE

CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE. A RETROSPECTIVE LINK, NECESSARY FOR THE CONCATENATION OF THESE MEMOIRS

CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX. THE HISTORY DRAWS NEAR A PERIOD

CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN. THE LONGEST AND THE LAST

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Just as he entered these mansions of misery, his ears were invaded with a hoarse and dreadful voice, exclaiming, "You, Bess Beetle, score a couple of fresh eggs, a pennyworth of butter, and half a pint of mountain to the king; and stop credit till the bill is paid:–He is now debtor for fifteen shillings and sixpence, and d–n me if I trust him one farthing more, if he was the best king in Christendom. And, d'ye hear, send Ragged-head with five pounds of potatoes for Major Macleaver's supper, and let him have what drink he wants; the fat widow gentlewoman from Pimlico has promised to quit his score. Sir Mungo Barebones may have some hasty pudding and small beer, though I don't expect to see his coin, no more than to receive the eighteen pence I laid out for a pair of breeches to his backside–what then? he's a quiet sort of a body, and a great scholar, and it was a scandal to the place to see him going about in that naked condition. As for the mad Frenchman with the beard, if you give him so much as a cheese-paring, you b–ch, I'll send you back to the hole, among your old companions; an impudent dog! I'll teach him to draw his sword upon the governor of an English county jail. What! I suppose he thought he had to do with a French hang-tang-dang, rabbit him! he shall eat his white feather, before I give him credit for a morsel of bread."

Although our adventurer was very little disposed, at this juncture, to make observations foreign to his own affairs, he could not help taking notice of these extraordinary injunctions; especially those concerning the person who was entitled king, whom, however, he supposed to be some prisoner elected as the magistrate by the joint suffrage of his fellows. Having taken possession of his chamber, which he rented at five shillings a week, and being ill at ease in his own thoughts, he forthwith secured his door, undressed, and went to bed, in which, though it was none of the most elegant or inviting couches, he enjoyed profound repose after the accumulated fatigues and mortifications of the day. Next morning, after breakfast, the keeper entered his apartment, and gave him to understand, that the gentlemen under his care, having heard of the Count's arrival, had deputed one of their number to wait upon him with the compliments of condolence suitable to the occasion, and invite him to become a member of their society. Our hero could not politely dispense with this instance of civility, and their ambassador being instantly introduced by the name of Captain Minikin, saluted him with great solemnity.

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Fathom acquired universal applause for his discreet and humane conduct upon this occasion; and that same afternoon had an opportunity of seeing the lady in whose cause he had exerted himself. He was presented to her as the husband's particular friend, and when she understood how much she was indebted to his care and concern for the captain's safety, she treated him with uncommon marks of distinction; and he found her a genteel, well-bred woman, not without a good deal of personal charms, and a well-cultivated understanding.

He likewise gave our hero to understand, that he had been eight months in England, during which he had lived in a frugal manner, that he might not unnecessarily exhaust the money he had been able to raise upon his own credit; that, hitherto, he had been obliged to defer his departure for Germany on account of his attendance upon the mother of his mistress, who was lately dead of sorrow and chagrin; and that, since he resided in London, he had often heard of the celebrated Count Fathom, though he never imagined that his friend Ferdinand could be distinguished by that appellation.

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