about midnight
The knight , perceiving our young gentleman very much ruffled at this accident , and reflecting upon the extraordinary deportment and appearance of his valet , whose hair had by this time adopted a grizzled hue , imagined he was some favourite domestic , who had grown gray in the service of his master 's family , and that , of consequence , he was uneasy at the sacrifice he had made . Swayed by this conjecture , he earnestly solicited in his behalf ; but all he could obtain , was a promise of re-admitting him into favour on the terms already proposed , or at least on condition that he should make his acknowledgment to the chevalier , for his want of reverence and respect for the French monarch . Upon this condescension the culprit was called up-stairs , and made acquainted with the mitigation of his fate ; upon which he said , he would down on his marrow-bones to his own master , but would be d -- d before he would ask pardon of e'er a Frenchman in Christendom . Pickle , exasperated at this blunt declaration , ordered him out of his presence , and charged him never to appear before his face again ; while the officer in vain employed all his influence and address to appease his resentment , and about midnight took his leave with marks of mortification at his want of success . Next day the company agreed to travel through Flanders in the diligence , by the advice of Peregrine , who was not without hope of meeting with some adventure or amusement in that carriage ; and Jolter took care to secure places for them all ; it being resolved that the valet-de-chambre and the doctor 's man should attend the vehicle on horseback ; and as for the forlorn Pipes , he was left to reap the fruits of his own stubborn disposition , notwithstanding the united efforts of the whole triumvirate , who endeavoured to procure his pardon . Every previous measure being thus taken , they set out from Lisle about six in the morning , and found themselves in the company of a female adventurer , a very handsome young lady , a Capuchin , and a Rotterdam Jew . Our young gentleman , being the first of this society that entered , surveyed the stranger with an attentive eye , and seated himself immediately behind the beautiful unknown , who at once attracted his attention .