A Dialogue Between Jones and Partridge
- After the storm is over, Tom hits the road again.
- From Coventry, he goes to Daventry, Stratford, and then Dunstable.
- Tom is only a couple of hours behind Sophia now, so he thinks he'll catch up with her at St. Albans.
- But in St. Albans, Tom finds out that the coach carrying Sophia left two hours ago.
- And he can't get horses for another two hours.
- So she is definitely going to reach London before he catches her.
- Partridge convinces Tom to settle down and eat something.
- Partridge suggests that Tom borrow some money off Sophia's hundred-pound bill.
- After all, she may want some of it, but she can't need absolutely all of it.
- And Tom is out of cash.
- Tom is horrified at Partridge's advice.
- He tries to use Latin (Partridge's favorite thing) to tell him that theft is a hanging offense.
- But Partridge gets so stuck on Tom's grammar that he totally misses his larger point.
- Tom calls Partridge a fool, clearly losing his temper.
- Partridge apologizes and Tom lets it go.
- They eat dinner and head off to London.