76 THE SPORTSMAN IN FRANCE. 



go ; in short, he was Quimper mad. It 

 was agreed that during the absence of 



Captain P and Mr. W at Guim- 



gamp, for the purpose of breaking up 

 their menage, and removing to the western 

 extremity of Brittany, I should play the 

 part of avant courier, and reconnoitre the 

 territory prior to their arrival. 



I believe to this day that the boar-hunt 

 a cheval drove my friend P — — out of 

 Kennes sooner, by three weeks, than he 



originally intended. I knew that W 



and himself intended returning to Guim- 

 gamp, to deliver up the shooting-box 

 to the banker ; but their going off so 

 suddenly startled me not a little. I 

 knew we should have no peace until 

 P— — had his way, so I bowed acqui- 

 escence to all his plans. 



Great was the lamentation on the an- 

 nouncement of our departure, and many 

 vere the entreaties that we would remain 



