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Chapter 5

           Thehandsomestamongthesemaidsofhonour,apleasant,frolicsomegirlofsixteen,wouldsometimessetmeastrideupononeofhernipples,withmanyothertricks,whereinthereaderwillexcusemefornotbeingoverparticular.ButIwassomuchdispleased,thatIentreatedGlumdalclitchtocontrivesomeexcusefornotseeingthatyoungladyanymore.

           Oneday,ayounggentleman,whowasnephewtomynurse’sgoverness,cameandpressedthembothtoseeanexecution.Itwasofaman,whohadmurderedoneofthatgentleman’sintimateacquaintance.Glumdalclitchwasprevailedontobeofthecompany,verymuchagainstherinclination,forshewasnaturallytender-hearted:and,asformyself,althoughIabhorredsuchkindofspectacles,yetmycuriositytemptedmetoseesomethingthatIthoughtmustbeextraordinary.Themalefactorwasfixedinachairuponascaffolderectedforthatpurpose,andhisheadcutoffatoneblow,withaswordofaboutfortyfeetlong.Theveinsandarteriesspoutedupsuchaprodigiousquantityofblood,andsohighintheair,thatthegreatjetd’eauatVersailleswasnotequaltoitforthetimeitlasted:andthehead,whenitfellonthescaffoldfloor,gavesuchabounceasmademestart,althoughIwasatleasthalfanEnglishmiledistant.

           Thequeen,whooftenusedtohearmetalkofmysea-voyages,andtookalloccasionstodivertmewhenIwasmelancholy,askedmewhetherIunderstoodhowtohandleasailoranoar,andwhetheralittleexerciseofrowingmightnotbeconvenientformyhealth?Ianswered,thatIunderstoodbothverywell:foralthoughmyproperemploymenthadbeentobesurgeonordoctortotheship,yetoften,uponapinch,Iwasforcedtoworklikeacommonmariner.ButIcouldnotseehowthiscouldbedoneintheircountry,wherethesmallestwherrywasequaltoafirst-ratemanofwaramongus;andsuchaboatasIcouldmanagewouldneverliveinanyoftheirrivers.

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