five P.M. Oct. 10
In the meantime , as soon as his health was sufficiently re-established , he took a trip to the garrison , in order to visit his friends ; and learned from Hatchway 's own mouth , that he had broke the ice of courtship to his aunt , and that his addresses were now fairly afloat ; though , when he first declared himself to the widow , after she had been duly prepared for the occasion , by her niece and the rest of her friends , she had received his proposal with a becoming reserve , and piously wept at the remembrance of her husband , observing , that she should never meet with his fellow . Peregrine promoted the lieutenant 's suit with all his influence , and all Mrs. Trunnion 's objections to the match being surmounted , it was determined , that the day of marriage should be put off for three months , that her reputation might not suffer by a precipitate engagement . His next care was to give orders for erecting a plain marble monument to the memory of his uncle , on which the following inscription , composed by the bridegroom , actually appeared in golden letters : Here lies , Foundered in a fathom and half , The shell Of HAWSER TRUNNION , Esq. . Formerly commander of a squadron In his Majesty 's service , Who broached to , at five P.M. Oct. 10 , In the year of his age threescore and nineteen . He kept his guns always loaded , And his tackle ready mann 'd , And never showed his poop to the enemy , Except when he took her in tow ; But , His shot being expended , His match burnt out , And his upper works decayed , He was sunk by Death 's superior weight of metal . Nevertheless , He will be weighed again at the Great Day , His rigging refitted , And his timbers repaired ; And , with one broadside , Make his adversary strike in his turn . He returns to London , and meets with Cadwallader , who entertains him with many curious Particulars -- Crabtree sounds the Duchess , and undeceives Pickle , who , by an extraordinary Accident , becomes acquainted with another Lady of Quality .