But, no,--there she was again--he had
actually brought her with him from Bennet Street. The following year
saw him married, and, with a regular establishment of servants, in
Piccadilly; and here,--as Mrs. Mule had not made her appearance to any
of the visitors,--it was concluded, rashly, that the witch had
vanished. One of those friends, however, who had most fondly indulged
in this persuasion, happening to call one day when all the male part
of the establishment were abroad, saw, to his dismay, the door opened
by the same grim personage, improved considerably in point of
babiliments since he last saw her, and keeping pace with the increased
scale of her master's household, as a new peruke, and other symptoms
of promotion, testified. When asked 'how he came to carry this old
woman about with him from place to place,' Lord Byron's only answer
was, 'The poor old devil was so kind to me'". (Moore).]
[Footnote 4: 'King Lear', act iv. sc. 7.]
[Footnote 5:
"Why should a dog, a horse, a rat have life,
And thou no breath at all?"
'King Lear', act v. sc. 3.]
[Footnote 6:
"I 'gin to be a-weary of the sun,
And wish the estate of the world were now undone."
'Macbeth', act v. sc. 5.]
[Footnote 7: Napoleon fought the battle of Nangis against Blucher on the
17th of February, 1814, and that of Montereau against Prince
Schwartzenberg on the following day.]
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