Thus mutually on future prospects counting,
They Portsmouth reach, and rattle to the Fountain.
A Chaise and Four creates a famous bustle—
Landlords and Waiters ’gainst each other hustle.
Obsequiously the Landlord bows the way—
Expensive work, for every Bow you pay.[26]
But more of that anon—all things arrang’d;
The Dinner order’d, and apparel chang’d.
John said, ‘Dear Dad, we first must pay our Court
‘To the great Naval Chieftain of the Port’;