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To prevent mistakes, I was booked in the way-bill, "To be delivered to Mr Thomas Handycock, Number 14, Saint Clement's Lane carriage paid."
One of the linendrapers who fitted out cadets, &c, "on the shortest notice," was sent for, and orders given for my equipment, which Mr Handycock insisted should be ready on the day afterwards, or the articles would be left on his hands; adding, that my place was already taken in the Portsmouth coach. "Really, sir," observed the man, "I'm afraid on such very short notice "
As I was very anxious to see Mr Handycock, and very anxious to have my dinner, I was not sorry to hear the clock on the stairs strike four; when Mrs Handycock jumped up, and put her head over the banisters. "Jemima, Jemima, it's four o'clock!"
"Yes, my dear," replied the lady, "I thought that you were washing your hands." We descended into the dining-room, where we found that Mr Handycock had already devoured two of the whitings, leaving only one on the dish for his wife and me. "Vould you like a little bit of viting, my dear?" said the lady to me.
Fitting out on the shortest notice Fortunately for me, this day Mr Handycock is a bear, and I fare very well I set off for Portsmouth Behind the coach I meet a man before the mast He is disguised with liquor, but is not the only disguise I fall in with in my journey. The next morning Mr Handycock appeared to be in somewhat better humour.
"Yes, marm," replied the cook, "directly I've thickened the butter;" and Mrs Handycock resumed her seat, with: "Well, Mr Simple, and how is your grandfather, Lord Privilege?" "He is quite well, ma'am," answered I, for the fifteenth time at least. But dinner put an end to the silence which followed this remark. Mr Handycock walked downstairs, leaving his wife and me to follow at our leisure.
To prevent mistakes, I was booked in the way-bill "to be delivered to Mr Thomas Handycock, No. 14, Saint Clement's Lane carriage paid."
The next day my chest arrived by the waggon, and I threw off my "bottle-greens" and put on my uniform. I had no cocked-hat, or dirk, as the warehouse people employed by Mr Handycock did not supply those articles, and it was arranged that I should procure them at Portsmouth.
"Yes; that is, we have no coals, but we take orders, and have half-a-crown a chaldron for our trouble. As Mr Handycock says, it's a very good business, if you only had enough of it. Perhaps your lordship may be able to give us an order. It's nothing out of your pocket, and something into ours." "I shall be very happy, when I return again to town, Mrs Handycock. I hope the parrot is quite well."
She had a large grey parrot and I really cannot tell which screamed the worst of the two but she was very civil and kind to me. Before I had been there ten minutes, she told me that she "hadored sailors they were the defendiours and preserviours of their kings and countries," and that Mr Handycock would be home by four o'clock, and then we should go to dinner.
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