text:  But knowing that on a previous occasion (which you may recollect [46]) Jack's melancholy had gone so far that he had hanged himself though he was cut down just before giving up the ghost and by dint of bloodletting and galvanism had been revived; and also that notwithstanding his periodical fits and hallucinations he could beat even Peter himself who had been his instructor for cunning and casuistry he took care that before Jack was allowed to take possession under his new lease every thing should be made square between them