I
Imagined The Post-Master Had Given The Fellows A Signal To Be
Gone, And, In This Persuasion, Thrusting My Head Out At The
Window, I Bestowed Some Epithets Upon Him, Which Must Have
Sounded Very Harsh In The Ears Of A Frenchman.
We stopped for a
refreshment at a little town called Joigne-ville, where (by the
bye) I was scandalously imposed upon, and even abused by a virago
of a landlady; then proceeding to the next stage, I was given to
understand we could not be supplied with fresh horses.
Here I
perceived at the door of the inn, the same person whom I had
reproached at Sens. He came up to the coach, and told me, that
notwithstanding what the guides had said, I should have fresh
horses in a few minutes. I imagined he was master both of this
house and the auberge at Sens, between which he passed and
repassed occasionally; and that he was now desirous of making me
amends for the affront he had put upon me at the other place.
Observing that one of the trunks behind was a little displaced,
he assisted my servant in adjusting it: then he entered into
conversation with me, and gave me to understand, that in a post-chaise,
which we had passed, was an English gentleman on his
return from Italy. I wanted to know who he was, and when he said
he could not tell, I asked him, in a very abrupt manner, why he
had not enquired of his servant.
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