Besides, he had discovered the captain to be a very bad horseman, and resolved to eke out his own scanty valour with a border of ingenuity.

The servants were immediately ordered to unpack the armour, and, in a little time, Mr.
Sycamore made a very formidable appearance.

But the scene that followed is too important to be huddled in at the end of a chapter; and therefore we shall reserve it for a more conspicuous place in these memoirs..