رو دو رو دو دو earth.' "I confidence in her!" cries the Squire. -"Sblood! what confidence can I place in her, when fhe won't do as I wou'd ha her?. Let her gi but her confent to marry as I would ha her, and I'll place as much confidence in her as wouldft ha me."-"You have no right, neighbour," answered Allworthy, "to infift on » any fuch confent. A negative voice your daughter allows you, and God and nature have thought proper to allow you no more. "A ,, negative voice?" cries the Squire "Ay! ay! I'll show you what a negative voice I ha. Go along, go into your chamber, go, you stubborn"-"Indeed, Mr. Western," said All"Indeed, you use her cruelly-I can. not bear to see this-You fhall, you must behave to her in a kinder manner. She deferves the best of treatment." "Yes, yes," said the Squire, "I know what she deferves: now fhe's » gone, I'll fhow you what fhe deferves - See ,, here, Sir, here is a letter from my coufin my Lady Bellafton, in which she is so kind to gi me to understand, that the fellow is got out of pri,, fon again; and here fhe advifes me to take all the care I can o' the wench. Od zookers! » neighbour Allworthy, you don't know what it is to govern a daughter." worthy دو כל دو دو دو دو دو The Squire ended his fpeech with fome compliments to his own fagacity; and then Allworthy, after a formal preface, acquainted him with the whole difcovery which he had made concerning دو وو Jones, with his anger to Blifil, and with every particular which has been disclosed to the Reader in the preceding Chapters. Men over-violent in their difpofitions, are, for the most part, as changeable in them. No fooner then was Western informed of Mr. Allworthy's intention to make Jones his heir, than he joined heartily with the uncle in every commendation of the nephew, and became as eager for her marriage with Jones, as he had before been to couple her to Blifil. Here Mr. Allworthy was again forced to interpofe, and to relate what had paffed between him and Sophia, at which he teftified great surprise. very The Squire was filent a moment, and looked wild with aftonishment at this account. At laft he cried out, "Why what can be the meaning of this, neighbour Allworthy? Vond o'un fhe » was, that I'll be fworn to. Odzookers! I have hit o't. As fure as a gun I have hit o' the ,, right o't. It's all along o' zifter. The girl has " got a hankering after this fon of a whore of a Lord. I vound em together at my coufin, my Lady Bellafton's. He has turned the head o'her that's certain-but d-n me if he fhall ha her. I'll ha no Lords nor courtiers in my vamily." دو وو دو Allworthy now made a long fpeech, in which he repeated his refolution to avoid all violent measures, and very earnestly recommended gentle methods to Mr. Western, as thofe by which he might be affured of fucceeding best with his daughter. He then took his leave, and returned back to Mrs. Miller, but was forced to comply with the earnest entreaties of the Squire, in promifing to bring Mr. Jones to visit him that afternoon, that he might, as he said, "make all matters up with the young gentleman." At Mr. Allworthy's departure, Western promised to follow his advice in his behaviour to Sophia, faying, "I don't know how 'tis, but d―n me, Allworthy, if you don't make me always do juft as you pleafe; and yet I have as good an efteate as you, and am in the commiffion of the peace as well as yourself." 23 CHA P. X. Wherein the Hiftory begins to draw towards a WHEN Allworthy returned to his lodgings, he heard Mr. Jones was juft arrived before him. He hurried therefore inftantly into an empty chamber, whither he ordered Mr. Jones to be brought to him alone. It is impoffible to conceive a more tender or moving scene, than the meeting between the uncle and nephew, for Mrs. Waters, as the Reader may well fuppofe, had at her last vifit discovered to him the fecret of his birth. The firft agonies of Though Sophia read the letter twice over great attention, his meaning ftill remained a to her; nor could her invention fuggeft to any means to excufe Jones. She certainly ren: very angry with him, though indeed Lady I ton took up fo much of her refentment, the gentle mind had but little left to bestow o other perfon. That Lady was moft unluckily to dine thi day with her aunt Western, and in the afte: they were all three, by appointment, to g ther to the Opera, and thence to Lady I Hatchet's Drum. Sophia would have glad', excufed from all, but fhe would not difobli aunt; and as to the arts of counterfeiting i. fhe was fo entirely a stranger to them, that it once entered into her head. When fhe was therefore, down fhe went, refolved to end all the horrors of the day, and a moft difa one it proved; for Lady Bellafton too opportunity very civilly and flily to infult all which her dejection of fpirits difabled 1 making any return; and indeed, to muth, he was at the very best but an i. maitrefs at repartee. co: Another misfortune which befel poot was the company of Lord Fellamar, met at the Opera, and who attended Drom. And though both places were to admit of any particularities, and the s 1. |