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The Vicar of Wakefield. 33%
'Squire," cried he, ,,areyouashatued of your
,, two old acquaintances, Jenkinion sndBax-
,, ter? but this is the way that aii great men
,, forget their friends, though I am resolved
,, we wiii not forget you. Our prisoner, plea-
,, seyour honour," continued he, turning
to Sir WiHiam, ,,has already cotifcsled aii.
„ This is the genttemari reported to be lodan-
,, gerously wounded : He declares that it was
,, Mr. Thornhill who hrsl put him upon this
,, affair , that he gave him he cloaths he now
,, wears to appear like a gentleman, and fur-
,, nished him with the poslchaile. The plan
„ was laid between them that he should carry
„ osf the young lady to a place os safety, and
„ that there he should threaten and terrify her;
„ but Mr. Thornhill was to come in in thd
„ mean time , as if by accident, to her relcue^
„ and that they sliould fight awhiie, and then
,, he was to run off, by which Mr. Thornhill
,, would have thcbetter opportunity of gaining
,, her asfections himself undtr the character of
„ her defender."
Sir William remembered the coat to have
been frequently warm by his nephew, and
all the rest the prisoner himself consirmed by
a more circumslantial account; concluding^
that Mr. Thornhill had often declared to him
that he was in love with both silters at the
same time.
,, Heavens," cried Sir William, „what
„ a viper have-I been foslering in mv bosbm f
,, And so fond of public jultice too "as. he see-
'Squire," cried he, ,,areyouashatued of your
,, two old acquaintances, Jenkinion sndBax-
,, ter? but this is the way that aii great men
,, forget their friends, though I am resolved
,, we wiii not forget you. Our prisoner, plea-
,, seyour honour," continued he, turning
to Sir WiHiam, ,,has already cotifcsled aii.
„ This is the genttemari reported to be lodan-
,, gerously wounded : He declares that it was
,, Mr. Thornhill who hrsl put him upon this
,, affair , that he gave him he cloaths he now
,, wears to appear like a gentleman, and fur-
,, nished him with the poslchaile. The plan
„ was laid between them that he should carry
„ osf the young lady to a place os safety, and
„ that there he should threaten and terrify her;
„ but Mr. Thornhill was to come in in thd
„ mean time , as if by accident, to her relcue^
„ and that they sliould fight awhiie, and then
,, he was to run off, by which Mr. Thornhill
,, would have thcbetter opportunity of gaining
,, her asfections himself undtr the character of
„ her defender."
Sir William remembered the coat to have
been frequently warm by his nephew, and
all the rest the prisoner himself consirmed by
a more circumslantial account; concluding^
that Mr. Thornhill had often declared to him
that he was in love with both silters at the
same time.
,, Heavens," cried Sir William, „what
„ a viper have-I been foslering in mv bosbm f
,, And so fond of public jultice too "as. he see-