The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle Volume 2 Chapter 100

In which our adventurer’s acquaintance with an old misanthrope stirs enmity among sailors whose violent designs are thwarted by public intervention, leading to their expulsion and a factional brawl within the Fleet’s precincts. The confinement weighs heavily upon Peregrine, whose generous heart and scholarly pursuits are undermined by mounting misfortunes and a souring resentment, causing him to retreat from the society around him into solitude and melancholy.