" And I parted with Mr.
Sherrick, not a little edified by his talk, and greatly relieved as to
Honeyman's fate. The tradesmen of Honeyman's body were appeased; and as
for Mr. Moss, when he found that the curate had no effects, and must go
before the Insolvent Court, unless Moss chose to take the composition
which we were empowered to offer him, he too was brought to hear reason,
and parted with the stamped paper on which was poor Honeyman's signature.
Our negotiation had like to have come to an end by Clive's untimely
indignation, who offered at one stage of the proceedings to pitch young
Moss out of window; but nothing came of this most ungentlemanlike
behaviour on Noocob's part, further than remonstrance and delay in the
proceedings; and Honeyman preached a lovely sermon at Lady Whittlesea's
the very next Sunday. He had made himself much liked in the
sponging-house, and Mr. Lazarus said, "if he hadn't a got out time
enough, I'd a let him out for Sunday, and sent one of my men with him
to show him the way ome, you know; for when a gentleman behaves as a
gentleman to me, I behave as a gentleman to him.
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