. Master Humphrey's clock . prised to find several people drinking there, and great merrimentgoing on. He was still more surprised to find among them almost every facethat had caught his attention in the crowd ; but his companion having whis-pered him outside the door, that it was not considered good manners at theBoot to appear at all curious about the company, he kept his own counsel, andmade no show of recognition. Before putting his lips to the liquor which was brought for them, Dennisdrank in a loud voice the health of Lord George Gordon, President of thoGreat Protestant Association; whic
. Master Humphrey's clock . prised to find several people drinking there, and great merrimentgoing on. He was still more surprised to find among them almost every facethat had caught his attention in the crowd ; but his companion having whis-pered him outside the door, that it was not considered good manners at theBoot to appear at all curious about the company, he kept his own counsel, andmade no show of recognition. Before putting his lips to the liquor which was brought for them, Dennisdrank in a loud voice the health of Lord George Gordon, President of thoGreat Protestant Association; which toast Hugh pledged likewise, with cor-responding enthusiasm. A fiddler who was present, and who appeared to actas the appointed minstrel of the company, forthwith struck up a Scotch reel;and that in tones so invigorating, that Hugh and his friend (who had bothbeen drinking before) rose from their seats as by previous concert, and, to thogreat admiration of the assembled guests, performed an extemporaneous No-Popery
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