The wonderful village; a further record of some famous folk and places by Chelsea reach . ing, aftersome further prescriptions and an assurance that ithad been no dishonour for Alexander to stay in sucha house; Cruden, however, insisted that it was aplace of humiliation. Inskip was also forced toconsent, though he did not relish losing his boarder ;and on the following morning Mrs. Wild arrivedwith his friend the linen draper, and having paidInskip, the three decamped, walking to GreatChelsea, where they took a boat by river to theOld Swan, whence his sister conveyed him to alodging in Upper M
The wonderful village; a further record of some famous folk and places by Chelsea reach . ing, aftersome further prescriptions and an assurance that ithad been no dishonour for Alexander to stay in sucha house; Cruden, however, insisted that it was aplace of humiliation. Inskip was also forced toconsent, though he did not relish losing his boarder ;and on the following morning Mrs. Wild arrivedwith his friend the linen draper, and having paidInskip, the three decamped, walking to GreatChelsea, where they took a boat by river to theOld Swan, whence his sister conveyed him to alodging in Upper Moorfields, which she had takenfor him ; thus ending what Alexander always refersto as his Chelsea-Campaign. It is, perhaps, in the proceedings which aroseout of this last confinement that poor Crudensaberrations of intellect were most characteristicallyexhibited. The man had a passionate regard forjustice, combined with unflagging persistency anda certain ingrained litigiousness which seems oftento accompany ill-balanced intelligence. He wasso happy, he tells us, to have always a good. y, 5 < z w 2 w X ALEXANDER THE CORRECTOR 71 cause and a good consciecne ; for if he was convincedof doing a real injury to anyone, he would readilyand of his own accord beg pardon and make satis-faction ; for he is careful not to embark in a badcause, and always to be zealous in an eminentlygood one, and to pray with constancy for divinedirection. The Corrector desires to do no injuryto any man, but to correct bold criminals to theterror of others to commit the like, for the these blind wrong-headed creatures will per-haps some time or other say that they that touch theCorrector touch a thistle that hurts themselves. Justice—abstract and elusive—was, one mustadmit, on his side. His sister, Mrs. Wild, hadhad him illegally seized and imprisoned ; and hadafterwards, in conjunction with one or two othersconcerned in the Chelsea confinement, tried hardto get him permanently shut up i
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