{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "A dialogue between Mesdames Bridget and Deborah; containing more amusement, but less instruction, than the former.", "pos": 1563}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "A dialogue between Sophia and Mrs Honour, which may a little relieve those tender affections which the foregoing scene may have raised in the mind of a good-natured reader.", "pos": 8902}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "A short chapter, containing a short dialogue between Squire Western and his sister.", "pos": 9772}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "A dialogue between Mr Jones and the barber.", "pos": 11638}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "Containing several dialogues between Jones and Partridge, concerning love, cold, hunger, and other matters; with the lucky and narrow escape of Partridge, as he was on the very brink of making a fatal discovery to his friend.", "pos": 12151}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "A friendly conversation in the kitchen, which had a very common, though not very friendly, conclusion.", "pos": 13498}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "A dialogue between the landlady and Susan the chamber-maid, proper to be read by all inn-keepers and their servants; with the arrival, and affable behaviour of a beautiful young lady; which may teach persons of condition how they may acquire the love of the whole world.", "pos": 14039}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "A dialogue between Jones and Partridge.", "pos": 17059}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "Sir,", "pos": 22057}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "Notwithstanding your constant refusal, when I have asked leave to prefix your name to this dedication, I must still insist on my right to desire your protection of this work.", "pos": 22062}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "To you, Sir, it is owing that this history was ever begun.", "pos": 22237}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "It was by your desire that I first thought of such a composition.", "pos": 22296}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "So many years have since past, that you may have, perhaps, forgotten this circumstance: but your desires are to me in the nature of commands; and the impression of them is never to be erased from my memory.", "pos": 22362}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "Again, Sir, without your assistance this history had never been completed.", "pos": 22569}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "Be not startled at the assertion.", "pos": 22644}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "I do not intend to draw on you the suspicion of being a romance writer.", "pos": 22678}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "I mean no more than that I partly owe to you my existence during great part of the time which I have employed in composing it: another matter which it may be necessary to remind you of; since there are certain actions of which you are apt to be extremely forgetful; but of these I hope I shall always have a better memory than yourself.", "pos": 22750}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "Lastly, It is owing to you that the history appears what it now is.", "pos": 23087}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "If there be in this work, as some have been pleased to say, a stronger picture of a truly benevolent mind than is to be found in any other, who that knows you, and a particular acquaintance of yours, will doubt whence that benevolence hath been copied?", "pos": 23155}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "The world will not, I believe, make me the compliment of thinking I took it from myself.", "pos": 23408}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "I care not: this they shall own, that the two persons from whom I have taken it, that is to say, two of the best and worthiest men in the world, are strongly and zealously my friends.", "pos": 23497}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "I might be contented with this, and yet my vanity will add a third to the number; and him one of the greatest and noblest, not only in his rank, but in every public and private virtue.", "pos": 23681}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "But here, whilst my gratitude for the princely benefactions of the Duke of Bedford bursts from my heart, you must forgive my reminding you that it was you who first recommended me to the notice of my benefactor.", "pos": 23866}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "And what are your objections to the allowance of the honour which I have sollicited?", "pos": 24078}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "Why, you have commended the book so warmly, that you should be ashamed of reading your name before the dedication.", "pos": 24163}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "Indeed, sir, if the book itself doth not make you ashamed of your commendations, nothing that I can here write will, or ought.", "pos": 24278}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "I am not to give up my right to your protection and patronage, because you have commended my book: for though I acknowledge so many obligations to you, I do not add this to the number; in which friendship, I am convinced, hath so little share: since that can neither biass your judgment, nor pervert your integrity.", "pos": 24405}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "An enemy may at any time obtain your commendation by only deserving it; and the utmost which the faults of your friends can hope for, is your silence; or, perhaps, if too severely accused, your gentle palliation.", "pos": 24721}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "In short, sir, I suspect, that your dislike of public praise is your true objection to granting my request.", "pos": 24934}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "I have observed that you have, in common with my two other friends, an unwillingness to hear the least mention of your own virtues; that, as a great poet says of one of you, (he might justly have said it of all three), you", "pos": 25042}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame", "pos": 25265}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "If men of this disposition are as careful to shun applause, as others are to escape censure, how just must be your apprehension of your character falling into my hands; since what would not a man have reason to dread, if attacked by an author who had received from him injuries equal to my obligations to you!", "pos": 25312}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "And will not this dread of censure increase in proportion to the matter which a man is conscious of having afforded for it?", "pos": 25622}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "If his whole life, for instance, should have been one continued subject of satire, he may well tremble when an incensed satirist takes him in hand.", "pos": 25746}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "Now, sir, if we apply this to your modest aversion to panegyric, how reasonable will your fears of me appear!", "pos": 25894}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "Yet surely you might have gratified my ambition, from this single confidence, that I shall always prefer the indulgence of your inclinations to the satisfaction of my own.", "pos": 26004}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "A very strong instance of which I shall give you in this address, in which I am determined to follow the example of all other dedicators, and will consider not what my patron really deserves to have written, but what he will be best pleased to read.", "pos": 26176}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "Without further preface then, I here present you with the labours of some years of my life.", "pos": 26426}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "What merit these labours have is already known to yourself.", "pos": 26518}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "If, from your favourable judgment, I have conceived some esteem for them, it cannot be imputed to vanity; since I should have agreed as implicitly to your opinion, had it been given in favour of any other man's production.", "pos": 26578}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "Negatively, at least, I may be allowed to say, that had I been sensible of any great demerit in the work, you are the last person to whose protection I would have ventured to recommend it.", "pos": 26801}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "From the name of my patron, indeed, I hope my reader will be convinced, at his very entrance on this work, that he will find in the whole course of it nothing prejudicial to the cause of religion and virtue, nothing inconsistent with the strictest rules of decency, nor which can offend even the chastest eye in the perusal.", "pos": 26990}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "On the contrary, I declare, that to recommend goodness and innocence hath been my sincere endeavour in this history.", "pos": 27315}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "This honest purpose you have been pleased to think I have attained: and to say the truth, it is likeliest to be attained in books of this kind; for an example is a kind of picture, in which virtue becomes, as it were, an object of sight, and strikes us with an idea of that loveliness, which Plato asserts there is in her naked charms.", "pos": 27432}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "Besides displaying that beauty of virtue which may attract the admiration of mankind, I have attempted to engage a stronger motive to human action in her favour, by convincing men, that their true interest directs them to a pursuit of her.", "pos": 27768}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "For this purpose I have shown that no acquisitions of guilt can compensate the loss of that solid inward comfort of mind, which is the sure companion of innocence and virtue; nor can in the least balance the evil of that horror and anxiety which, in their room, guilt introduces into our bosoms.", "pos": 28008}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "And again, that as these acquisitions are in themselves generally worthless, so are the means to attain them not only base and infamous, but at best incertain, and always full of danger.", "pos": 28304}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "Lastly, I have endeavoured strongly to inculcate, that virtue and innocence can scarce ever be injured but by indiscretion; and that it is this alone which often betrays them into the snares that deceit and villainy spread for them.", "pos": 28491}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "A moral which I have the more industriously laboured, as the teaching it is, of all others, the likeliest to be attended with success; since, I believe, it is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good.", "pos": 28724}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "For these purposes I have employed all the wit and humour of which I am master in the following history; wherein I have endeavoured to laugh mankind out of their favourite follies and vices.", "pos": 28945}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "How far I have succeeded in this good attempt, I shall submit to the candid reader, with only two requests: First, that he will not expect to find perfection in this work; and Secondly, that he will excuse some parts of it, if they fall short of that little merit which I hope may appear in others.", "pos": 29136}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "I will detain you, sir, no longer.", "pos": 29435}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "Indeed I have run into a preface, while I professed to write a dedication.", "pos": 29470}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "But how can it be otherwise?", "pos": 29545}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "I dare not praise you; and the only means I know of to avoid it, when you are in my thoughts, are either to be entirely silent, or to turn my thoughts to some other subject.", "pos": 29574}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "Pardon, therefore, what I have said in this epistle, not only without your consent, but absolutely against it; and give me at least leave, in this public manner, to declare that I am, with the highest respect and gratitude,--", "pos": 29748}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "Sir,", "pos": 29974}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "Your most obliged,", "pos": 29979}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "Obedient, humble servant,", "pos": 29998}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "HENRY FIELDING.", "pos": 30024}
{"speaker": "Mrs Deborah Wilkins", "text": "My good sir! what's to be done? Yes, sir, and I hope your worship will send out your warrant to take up the hussy its mother, for she must be one of the neighbourhood; and I should be glad to see her committed to Bridewell, and whipt at the cart's tail. Indeed, such wicked sluts cannot be too severely punished. I'll warrant 'tis not her first, by her impudence in laying it to your worship.", "pos": 43551}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "In laying it to me, Deborah! I can't think she hath any such design. I suppose she hath only taken this method to provide for her child; and truly I am glad she hath not done worse.", "pos": 44092}
{"speaker": "Deborah", "text": "I don't know what is worse, than for such wicked strumpets to lay their sins at honest men's doors; and though your worship knows your own innocence, yet the world is censorious; and it hath been many an honest man's hap to pass for the father of children he never begot; and if your worship should provide for the child, it may make the people the apter to believe; besides, why should your worship provide for what the parish is obliged to maintain? For my own part, if it was an honest man's child, indeed--but for my own part, it goes against me to touch these misbegotten wretches, whom I don't look upon as my fellow-creatures. Faugh! how it stinks! It doth not smell like a Christian. If I might be so bold to give my advice, I would have it put in a basket, and sent out and laid at the churchwarden's door. It is a good night, only a little rainy and windy; and if it was well wrapt up, and put in a warm basket, it is two to one but it lives till it is found in the morning. But if it should not, we have discharged our duty in taking proper care of it; and it is, perhaps, better for such creatures to die in a state of innocence, than to grow up and imitate their mothers; for nothing better can be expected of them.", "pos": 44298}
{"speaker": "Mrs Deborah", "text": "O, the dear little creature!--The dear, sweet, pretty creature! Well, I vow it is as fine a boy as ever was seen!", "pos": 54291}
{"speaker": "Miss Bridget", "text": "Since it was her brother's whim to adopt the little brat, she supposed little master must be treated with great tenderness. For her part, she could not help thinking it was an encouragement to vice; but that she knew too much of the obstinacy of mankind to oppose any of their ridiculous humours.", "pos": 54996}
{"speaker": "Mrs Wilkins", "text": "She had always esteemed Jenny as a very sober girl (though indeed she knew very little of her), and had rather suspected some of those wanton trollops, who gave themselves airs, because, forsooth, they thought themselves handsome.", "pos": 62228}
{"speaker": "Mrs Deborah", "text": "You audacious strumpet!", "pos": 62676}
{"speaker": "Many of them", "text": "They thought what madam's silk gown would end in;", "pos": 63398}
{"speaker": "one woman", "text": "The man must have a good stomach who would give silk gowns for such sort of trumpery!", "pos": 63714}
{"speaker": "Miss Bridget", "text": "For her part, she should never hereafter entertain a good opinion of any woman.", "pos": 64660}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "You know, child, it is in my power as a magistrate, to punish you very rigorously for what you have done; and you will, perhaps, be the more apt to fear I should execute that power, because you have in a manner laid your sins at my door. But, perhaps, this is one reason which hath determined me to act in a milder manner with you: for, as no private resentment should ever influence a magistrate, I will be so far from considering your having deposited the infant in my house as an aggravation of your offence, that I will suppose, in your favour, this to have proceeded from a natural affection to your child, since you might have some hopes to see it thus better provided for than was in the power of yourself, or its wicked father, to provide for it. I should indeed have been highly offended with you had you exposed the little wretch in the manner of some inhuman mothers, who seem no less to have abandoned their humanity, than to have parted with their chastity. It is the other part of your offence, therefore, upon which I intend to admonish you, I mean the violation of your chastity;--a crime, however lightly it may be treated by debauched persons, very heinous in itself, and very dreadful in its consequences. The heinous nature of this offence must be sufficiently apparent to every Christian, inasmuch as it is committed in defiance of the laws of our religion, and of the express commands of Him who founded that religion. And here its consequences may well be argued to be dreadful; for what can be more so, than to incur the divine displeasure, by the breach of the divine commands; and that in an instance against which the highest vengeance is specifically denounced? But these things, though too little, I am afraid, regarded, are so plain, that mankind, however they may want to be reminded, can never need information on this head. A hint, therefore, to awaken your sense of this matter, shall suffice; for I would inspire you with repentance, and not drive you to desperation. There are other consequences, not indeed so dreadful or replete with horror as this; and yet such, as, if attentively considered, must, one would think, deter all of your sex at least from the commission of this crime. For by it you are rendered infamous, and driven, like lepers of old, out of society; at least, from the society of all but wicked and reprobate persons; for no others will associate with you. If you have fortunes, you are hereby rendered incapable of enjoying them; if you have none, you are disabled from acquiring any, nay almost of procuring your sustenance; for no persons of character will receive you into their houses. Thus you are often driven by necessity itself into a state of shame and misery, which unavoidably ends in the destruction of both body and soul. Can any pleasure compensate these evils? Can any temptation have sophistry and delusion strong enough to persuade you to so simple a bargain? Or can any carnal appetite so overpower your reason, or so totally lay it asleep, as to prevent your flying with affright and terror from a crime which carries such punishment always with it? How base and mean must that woman be, how void of that dignity of mind, and decent pride, without which we are not worthy the name of human creatures, who can bear to level herself with the lowest animal, and to sacrifice all that is great and noble in her, all her heavenly part, to an appetite which she hath in common with the vilest branch of the creation! For no woman, sure, will plead the passion of love for an excuse. This would be to own herself the mere tool and bubble of the man. Love, however barbarously we may corrupt and pervert its meaning, as it is a laudable, is a rational passion, and can never be violent but when reciprocal; for though the Scripture bids us love our enemies, it means not with that fervent love which we naturally bear towards our friends; much less that we should sacrifice to them our lives, and what ought to be dearer to us, our innocence. Now in what light, but that of an enemy, can a reasonable woman regard the man who solicits her to entail on herself all the misery I have described to you, and who would purchase to himself a short, trivial, contemptible pleasure, so greatly at her expense! For, by the laws of custom, the whole shame, with all its dreadful consequences, falls intirely upon her. Can love, which always seeks the good of its object, attempt to betray a woman into a bargain where she is so greatly to be the loser? If such corrupter, therefore, should have the impudence to pretend a real affection for her, ought not the woman to regard him not only as an enemy, but as the worst of all enemies, a false, designing, treacherous, pretended friend, who intends not only to debauch her body, but her understanding at the same time? I have talked thus to you, child, not to insult you for what is past and irrevocable, but to caution and strengthen you for the future. Nor should I have taken this trouble, but from some opinion of your good sense, notwithstanding the dreadful slip you have made; and from some hopes of your hearty repentance, which are founded on the openness and sincerity of your confession. If these do not deceive me, I will take care to convey you from this scene of your shame, where you shall, by being unknown, avoid the punishment which, as I have said, is allotted to your crime in this world; and I hope, by repentance, you will avoid the much heavier sentence denounced against it in the other. Be a good girl the rest of your days, and want shall be no motive to your going astray; and, believe me, there is more pleasure, even in this world, in an innocent and virtuous life, than in one debauched and vicious. As to your child, let no thoughts concerning it molest you; I will provide for it in a better manner than you can ever hope. And now nothing remains but that you inform me who was the wicked man that seduced you; for my anger against him will be much greater than you have experienced on this occasion.", "pos": 65395}
{"speaker": "Jenny", "text": "To know you, sir, and not love your goodness, would be an argument of total want of sense or goodness in any one. In me it would amount to the highest ingratitude, not to feel, in the most sensible manner, the great degree of goodness you have been pleased to exert on this occasion. As to my concern for what is past, I know you will spare my blushes the repetition. My future conduct will much better declare my sentiments than any professions I can now make. I beg leave to assure you, sir, that I take your advice much kinder than your generous offer with which you concluded it; for, as you are pleased to say, sir, it is an instance of your opinion of my understanding. Indeed, sir, your kindness overcomes me; but I will endeavour to deserve this good opinion: for if I have the understanding you are so kindly pleased to allow me, such advice cannot be thrown away upon me. I thank you, sir, heartily, for your intended kindness to my poor helpless child: he is innocent, and I hope will live to be grateful for all the favours you shall show him. But now, sir, I must on my knees entreat you not to persist in asking me to declare the father of my infant. I promise you faithfully you shall one day know; but I am under the most solemn ties and engagements of honour, as well as the most religious vows and protestations, to conceal his name at this time. And I know you too well, to think you would desire I should sacrifice either my honour or my religion.", "pos": 71630}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Consider, child, there is one still to reconcile yourself to, whose favour is of much greater importance to you than mine.", "pos": 74475}
{"speaker": "Thisbe", "text": "O, wicked, wicked wall!", "pos": 75629}
{"speaker": "Mrs Bridget", "text": "That, among all her faults, she thanked Heaven her enemies could not accuse her of prying into the affairs of other people.", "pos": 77427}
{"speaker": "Mrs Deborah", "text": "Nay, madam. I must own I cannot help admiring the girl's spirit, as well as your ladyship. And, as your ladyship says, if she was deceived by some wicked man, the poor wretch is to be pitied. And to be sure, as your ladyship says, the girl hath always appeared like a good, honest, plain girl, and not vain of her face, forsooth, as some wanton husseys in the neighbourhood are.", "pos": 78577}
{"speaker": "Miss Bridget", "text": "You say true, Deborah. If the girl had been one of those vain trollops, of which we have too many in the parish, I should have condemned my brother for his lenity towards her. I saw two farmers' daughters at church, the other day, with bare necks. I protest they shocked me. If wenches will hang out lures for fellows, it is no matter what they suffer. I detest such creatures; and it would be much better for them that their faces had been seamed with the smallpox; but I must confess, I never saw any of this wanton behaviour in poor Jenny: some artful villain, I am convinced, hath betrayed, nay perhaps forced her; and I pity the poor wretch with all my heart.", "pos": 79010}
{"speaker": "Young Women", "text": "It was good enough for her,", "pos": 80609}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "I'll assure you, madam hath had good luck.", "pos": 80879}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "See what it is to be a favourite!", "pos": 80940}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "Ay, this comes of her learning.", "pos": 80985}
{"speaker": "Doctor", "text": "I am come, sir, to impart an affair to you of the utmost consequence; but how shall I mention to you what it almost distracts me to think of! Could I, sir, have suspected that a lady of such prudence, such judgment, such learning, should indulge so indiscreet a passion! or could I have imagined that my brother--why do I call him so? he is no longer a brother of mine----", "pos": 102902}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Indeed but he is, and a brother of mine too.", "pos": 103567}
{"speaker": "Doctor", "text": "Bless me, sir! do you know the shocking affair?", "pos": 103632}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Look'ee, Mr Blifil, it hath been my constant maxim in life to make the best of all matters which happen. My sister, though many years younger than I, is at least old enough to be at the age of discretion. Had he imposed on a child, I should have been more averse to have forgiven him; but a woman upwards of thirty must certainly be supposed to know what will make her most happy. She hath married a gentleman, though perhaps not quite her equal in fortune; and if he hath any perfections in her eye which can make up that deficiency, I see no reason why I should object to her choice of her own happiness; which I, no more than herself, imagine to consist only in immense wealth. I might, perhaps, from the many declarations I have made of complying with almost any proposal, have expected to have been consulted on this occasion; but these matters are of a very delicate nature, and the scruples of modesty, perhaps, are not to be overcome. As to your brother, I have really no anger against him at all. He hath no obligations to me, nor do I think he was under any necessity of asking my consent, since the woman is, as I have said, sui juris, and of a proper age to be entirely answerable only, to herself for her conduct. Had I conceived any displeasure against your brother, I should never have carried that resentment to the innocent: but I assure you I have no such displeasure. Your brother appears to me to be a man of sense and honour. I do not disapprove the taste of my sister; nor will I doubt but that she is equally the object of his inclinations. I have always thought love the only foundation of happiness in a married state, as it can only produce that high and tender friendship which should always be the cement of this union; and, in my opinion, all those marriages which are contracted from other motives are greatly criminal; they are a profanation of a most holy ceremony, and generally end in disquiet and misery: for surely we may call it a profanation to convert this most sacred institution into a wicked sacrifice to lust or avarice: and what better can be said of those matches to which men are induced merely by the consideration of a beautiful person, or a great fortune? To deny that beauty is an agreeable object to the eye, and even worthy some admiration, would be false and foolish. Beautiful is an epithet often used in Scripture, and always mentioned with honour. It was my own fortune to marry a woman whom the world thought handsome, and I can truly say I liked her the better on that account. But to make this the sole consideration of marriage, to lust after it so violently as to overlook all imperfections for its sake, or to require it so absolutely as to reject and disdain religion, virtue, and sense, which are qualities in their nature of much higher perfection, only because an elegance of person is wanting: this is surely inconsistent, either with a wise man or a good Christian. And it is, perhaps, being too charitable to conclude that such persons mean anything more by their marriage than to please their carnal appetites; for the satisfaction of which, we are taught, it was not ordained. In the next place, with respect to fortune. Worldly prudence, perhaps, exacts some consideration on this head; nor will I absolutely and altogether condemn it. As the world is constituted, the demands of a married state, and the care of posterity, require some little regard to what we call circumstances. Yet this provision is greatly increased, beyond what is really necessary, by folly and vanity, which create abundantly more wants than nature. Equipage for the wife, and large fortunes for the children, are by custom enrolled in the list of necessaries; and to procure these, everything truly solid and sweet, and virtuous and religious, are neglected and overlooked. And this in many degrees; the last and greatest of which seems scarce distinguishable from madness;--I mean where persons of immense fortunes contract themselves to those who are, and must be, disagreeable to them--to fools and knaves--in order to increase an estate already larger even than the demands of their pleasures. Surely such persons, if they will not be thought mad, must own, either that they are incapable of tasting the sweets of the tenderest friendship, or that they sacrifice the greatest happiness of which they are capable to the vain, uncertain, and senseless laws of vulgar opinion, which owe as well their force as their foundation to folly.", "pos": 103701}
{"speaker": "the doctor", "text": "I promise you I paid you off; nay, I absolutely desired the good gentleman not to forgive you: for you know after he had made a declaration in your favour, I might with safety venture on such a request with a person of his temper; and I was willing, as well for your sake as for my own, to prevent the least possibility of a suspicion.", "pos": 109515}
{"speaker": "Captain Blifil", "text": "If you dislike anything in my brother's house, sir, you know you are at liberty to quit it.", "pos": 110858}
{"speaker": "the captain", "text": "Though the law did not positively allow the destroying such base-born children, yet it held them to be the children of nobody; that the Church considered them as the children of nobody; and that at the best, they ought to be brought up to the lowest and vilest offices of the commonwealth.", "pos": 120885}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "That, however guilty the parents might be, the children were certainly innocent: that as to the texts he had quoted, the former of them was a particular denunciation against the Jews, for the sin of idolatry, of relinquishing and hating their heavenly King; and the latter was parabolically spoken, and rather intended to denote the certain and necessary consequences of sin, than any express judgment against it. But to represent the Almighty as avenging the sins of the guilty on the innocent, was indecent, if not blasphemous, as it was to represent him acting against the first principles of natural justice, and against the original notions of right and wrong, which he himself had implanted in our minds; by which we were to judge not only in all matters which were not revealed, but even of the truth of revelation itself. He said he knew many held the same principles with the captain on this head; but he was himself firmly convinced to the contrary, and would provide in the same manner for this poor infant, as if a legitimate child had had fortune to have been found in the same place.", "pos": 121272}
{"speaker": "Mrs Partridge", "text": "You impudent whore, do you play tricks with my husband before my face?", "pos": 129004}
{"speaker": "Mrs Partridge", "text": "Leve fit quod bene fertur onus", "pos": 130423}
{"speaker": "The gossip", "text": "No, truly. I hope not, though I fancy we have sluts enow too. Then you have not heard, it seems, that she hath been brought to bed of two bastards? but as they are not born here, my husband and the other overseer says we shall not be obliged to keep them.", "pos": 136163}
{"speaker": "Mrs Partridge", "text": "Two bastards! you surprize me! I don't know whether we must keep them; but I am sure they must have been begotten here, for the wench hath not been nine months gone away.", "pos": 136440}
{"speaker": "Mrs Partridge", "text": "una voce", "pos": 140827}
{"speaker": "The company", "text": "none but a coward ever struck a woman.", "pos": 140885}
{"speaker": "The women", "text": "it was a pity it had not come from his heart, instead of his face if their husbands should lift their hands against them, they would have their hearts' bloods out of their bodies.", "pos": 141309}
{"speaker": "Mrs Partridge", "text": "I believe it is a true observation, that few secrets are divulged to one person only; but certainly, it would be next to a miracle that a fact of this kind should be known to a whole parish, and not transpire any farther.", "pos": 141869}
{"speaker": "Captain Blifil's wife", "text": "she at least as well perceived, and as much resented, as any other possibly could.", "pos": 143977}
{"speaker": "Mrs Wilkins", "text": "which she was sorry, she said, to see her master lose his reputation in the country, by taking so much notice of.", "pos": 144347}
{"speaker": "the captain", "text": "The Christian religion, was instituted for much nobler purposes, than to enforce a lesson which many heathen philosophers had taught us long before, and which, though it might perhaps be called a moral virtue, savoured but little of that sublime, Christian-like disposition, that vast elevation of thought, in purity approaching to angelic perfection, to be attained, expressed, and felt only by grace. Those. Those, came nearer to the Scripture meaning, who understood by it candour, or the forming of a benevolent opinion of our brethren, and passing a favourable judgment on their actions; a virtue much higher, and more extensive in its nature, than a pitiful distribution of alms, which, though we would never so much prejudice, or even ruin our families, could never reach many; whereas charity, in the other and truer sense, might be extended to all mankind. Considering who the disciples were, it would be absurd to conceive the doctrine of generosity, or giving alms, to have been preached to them. And, as we could not well imagine this doctrine should be preached by its Divine Author to men who could not practise it, much less should we think it understood so by those who can practise it, and do not. But though, there is, I am afraid, little merit in these benefactions, there would, I must confess, be much pleasure in them to a good mind, if it was not abated by one consideration. I mean, that we are liable to be imposed upon, and to confer our choicest favours often on the undeserving, as you must own was your case in your bounty to that worthless fellow Partridge: for two or three such examples must greatly lessen the inward satisfaction which a good man would otherwise find in generosity; nay, may even make him timorous in bestowing, lest he should be guilty of supporting vice, and encouraging the wicked; a crime of a very black dye, and for which it will by no means be a sufficient excuse, that we have not actually intended such an encouragement; unless we have used the utmost caution in chusing the objects of our beneficence. A consideration which, I make no doubt, hath greatly checked the liberality of many a worthy and pious man.", "pos": 147193}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "He could not dispute with the captain in the Greek language, and therefore could say nothing as to the true sense of the word which is translated charity; but that he had always thought it was interpreted to consist in action, and that giving alms constituted at least one branch of that virtue. As to the meritorious part, he readily agreed with the captain; for where could be the merit of barely discharging a duty? which, let the word charity have what construction it would, it sufficiently appeared to be from the whole tenor of the New Testament. And as he thought it an indispensable duty, enjoined both by the Christian law, and by the law of nature itself; so was it withal so pleasant, that if any duty could be said to be its own reward, or to pay us while we are discharging it, it was this. To confess the truth, there is one degree of generosity (of charity I would have called it), which seems to have some show of merit, and that is, where, from a principle of benevolence and Christian love, we bestow on another what we really want ourselves; where, in order to lessen the distresses of another, we condescend to share some part of them, by giving what even our own necessities cannot well spare. This is, I think, meritorious; but to relieve our brethren only with our superfluities; to be charitable (I must use the word) rather at the expense of our coffers than ourselves; to save several families from misery rather than hang up an extraordinary picture in our houses or gratify any other idle ridiculous vanity--this seems to be only being human creatures. Nay, I will venture to go farther, it is being in some degree epicures: for what could the greatest epicure wish rather than to eat with many mouths instead of one? which I think may be predicated of any one who knows that the bread of many is owing to his own largesses. As to the apprehension of bestowing bounty on such as may hereafter prove unworthy objects, because many have proved such; surely it can never deter a good man from generosity. I do not think a few or many examples of ingratitude can justify a man's hardening his heart against the distresses of his fellow-creatures; nor do I believe it can ever have such effect on a truly benevolent mind. Nothing less than a persuasion of universal depravity can lock up the charity of a good man; and this persuasion must lead him, I think, either into atheism, or enthusiasm; but surely it is unfair to argue such universal depravity from a few vicious individuals; nor was this, I believe, ever done by a man, who, upon searching his own mind, found one certain exception to the general rule. who that Partridge was, whom he had called a worthless fellow?", "pos": 149431}
{"speaker": "the captain", "text": "I mean. Partridge the barber, the schoolmaster, what do you call him? Partridge, the father of the little child which you found in your bed.", "pos": 152200}
{"speaker": "Mrs Partridge", "text": "May it please your worship, there never was any poor woman so injured as I am by that base man; for this is not the only instance of his falsehood to me. No, may it please your worship, he hath injured my bed many's the good time and often. I could have put up with his drunkenness and neglect of his business, if he had not broke one of the sacred commandments. Besides, if it had been out of doors I had not mattered it so much; but with my own servant, in my own house, under my own roof, to defile my own chaste bed, which to be sure he hath, with his beastly stinking whores. Yes, you villain, you have defiled my own bed, you have; and then you have charged me with bullocking you into owning the truth. It is very likely, an't please your worship, that I should bullock him? I have marks enow about my body to show of his cruelty to me. If you had been a man, you villain, you would have scorned to injure a woman in that manner. But you an't half a man, you know it. Nor have you been half a husband to me. You need run after whores, you need, when I'm sure--And since he provokes me, I am ready, an't please your worship, to take my bodily oath that I found them a-bed together. What, you have forgot, I suppose, when you beat me into a fit, and made the blood run down my forehead, because I only civilly taxed you with adultery! but I can prove it by all my neighbours. You have almost broke my heart, you have, you have.", "pos": 157125}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "began to grow uneasy at the captain's stay", "pos": 179826}
{"speaker": "Mrs Blifil", "text": "she was seriously frightened.", "pos": 180198}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "To be sure she could not help being uneasy; but that she should hope the best. That, perhaps the sweetness of the evening had inticed the captain to go farther than his usual walk: or he might be detained at some neighbour's.", "pos": 180408}
{"speaker": "Mrs Blifil", "text": "No; she was sure some accident had befallen him; for that he would never stay out without sending her word, as he must know how uneasy it would make her.", "pos": 180655}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "she should not frighten herself, for it might be of very ill consequence to her own health;", "pos": 180924}
{"speaker": "Mrs Blifil", "text": "Mention not my brother. I alone am the object of your pity. What are the terrors of friendship to what a wife feels on these occasions? Oh, he is lost! Somebody hath murdered him--I shall never see him more!", "pos": 182202}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "The captain was found;", "pos": 182637}
{"speaker": "the gentleman", "text": "We have found only this partridge, but the Lord knows what mischief they have done.", "pos": 199516}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "I am convinced, my dear child, that my suspicions have wronged you; I am sorry that you have been so severely punished on this account.", "pos": 202952}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Oh, sir, you are too good to me. Indeed you are. Indeed I don't deserve it.", "pos": 203414}
{"speaker": "Thwackum", "text": "He had persisted in an untruth; Honour! mere stubbornness and obstinacy! Can honour teach any one to tell a lie, or can any honour exist independent of religion?", "pos": 203834}
{"speaker": "Square", "text": "But, if by honour you mean the true natural beauty of virtue, I will maintain it may exist independent of any religion whatever. Nay, you yourself will allow it may exist independent of all but one: so will a Mahometan, a Jew, and all the maintainers of all the different sects in the world.", "pos": 207456}
{"speaker": "Thwackum", "text": "but honour, is not therefore manifold, because there are many absurd opinions about it; nor is religion manifold, because there are various sects and heresies in the world. When I mention religion, I mean the Christian religion; and not only the Christian religion, but the Protestant religion; and not only the Protestant religion, but the Church of England. And when I mention honour, I mean that mode of Divine grace which is not only consistent with, but dependent upon, this religion; and is consistent with and dependent upon no other. Now to say that the honour I here mean, and which was, I thought, all the honour I could be supposed to mean, will uphold, much less dictate an untruth, is to assert an absurdity too shocking to be conceived.", "pos": 208035}
{"speaker": "Square", "text": "I purposely avoided, drawing a conclusion which I thought evident from what I have said; but if you perceived it, I am sure you have not attempted to answer it. However, to drop the article of religion, I think it is plain, from what you have said, that we have different ideas of honour; or why do we not agree in the same terms of its explanation? I have asserted, that true honour and true virtue are almost synonymous terms, and they are both founded on the unalterable rule of right, and the eternal fitness of things; to which an untruth being absolutely repugnant and contrary, it is certain that true honour cannot support an untruth. In this, therefore, I think we are agreed; but that this honour can be said to be founded on religion, to which it is antecedent, if by religion be meant any positive law--", "pos": 208799}
{"speaker": "Thwackum", "text": "I agree, with a man who asserts honour to be antecedent to religion! Mr Allworthy, did I agree--?", "pos": 209632}
{"speaker": "Master Blifil", "text": "Heaven forbid such naughty words should ever come out of his mouth! It is no wonder. Those who will tell one fib, will hardly stick at another. If I had told my master such a wicked fib as you have done, I should be ashamed to show my face.", "pos": 214344}
{"speaker": "Thwackum", "text": "What fib, child?", "pos": 214694}
{"speaker": "Master Blifil", "text": "Why, he told you that nobody was with him a shooting when he killed the partridge; but he knows yes, he knows, for he confessed it to me, that Black George the gamekeeper was there. Nay, he said--yes you did--deny it if you can, that you would not have confest the truth, though master had cut you to pieces.", "pos": 214744}
{"speaker": "Thwackum", "text": "Oh! ho! this is your mistaken notion of honour! This is the boy who was not to be whipped again!", "pos": 215172}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Is this true, child? How came you to persist so obstinately in a falsehood?", "pos": 215350}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "He scorned a lie as much as any one: but he thought his honour engaged him to act as he did; for he had promised the poor fellow to conceal him: which, he thought himself farther obliged to, as the gamekeeper had begged him not to go into the gentleman's manor, and had at last gone himself, in compliance with his persuasions. This was the whole truth of the matter, and he would take his oath of it; to have compassion on the poor fellow's family, especially as he himself only had been guilty, and the other had been very difficultly prevailed on to do what he did. Indeed, sir, it could hardly be called a lie that I told; for the poor fellow was entirely innocent of the whole matter. I should have gone alone after the birds; nay, I did go at first, and he only followed me to prevent more mischief. Do, pray, sir, let me be punished; take my little horse away again; but pray, sir, forgive poor George.", "pos": 215438}
{"speaker": "Thwackum", "text": "weak, and, wicked lenity.", "pos": 217322}
{"speaker": "Square", "text": "he had been endeavouring to reconcile the behaviour of Tom with his idea of perfect virtue, but could not. He owned there was something which at first sight appeared like fortitude in the action; but as fortitude was a virtue, and falsehood a vice, they could by no means agree or unite together. He added, that as this was in some measure to confound virtue and vice, it might be worth Mr Thwackum's consideration, whether a larger castigation might not be laid on upon the account.", "pos": 217759}
{"speaker": "Thwackum", "text": "Oho! you will not! then I will have it out of your br--h;", "pos": 239519}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Indeed, my dear sir, I love and honour you more than all the world: I know the great obligations I have to you, and should detest myself if I thought my heart was capable of ingratitude. Could the little horse you gave me speak, I am sure he could tell you how fond I was of your present; for I had more pleasure in feeding him than in riding him. Indeed, sir, it went to my heart to part with him; nor would I have sold him upon any other account in the world than what I did. You yourself, sir, I am convinced, in my case, would have done the same: for none ever so sensibly felt the misfortunes of others. What would you feel, dear sir, if you thought yourself the occasion of them? Indeed, sir, there never was any misery like theirs.", "pos": 240980}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Like whose, child? What do you mean?", "pos": 241721}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Oh, sir! your poor gamekeeper, with all his large family, ever since your discarding him, have been perishing with all the miseries of cold and hunger: I could not bear to see these poor wretches naked and starving, and at the same time know myself to have been the occasion of all their sufferings. I could not bear it, sir; upon my soul, I could not. It was to save them from absolute destruction I parted with your dear present, notwithstanding all the value I had for it: I sold the horse for them, and they have every farthing of the money.", "pos": 241778}
{"speaker": "Black George's wife", "text": "We have not, had a morsel to eat, nor have these poor children had a rag to put on, but what his goodness hath bestowed on us.", "pos": 248312}
{"speaker": "Mr Wilks", "text": "Where are the carpenters to walk on before King Pyrrhus?", "pos": 259097}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Pray, child, what is the reason of all this disturbance?", "pos": 272094}
{"speaker": "Master Blifil", "text": "Indeed, uncle, I am very sorry for what I have done; I have been unhappily the occasion of it all. I had Miss Sophia's bird in my hand, and thinking the poor creature languished for liberty, I own I could not forbear giving it what it desired; for I always thought there was something very cruel in confining anything. It seemed to be against the law of nature, by which everything hath a right to liberty; nay, it is even unchristian, for it is not doing what we would be done by; but if I had imagined Miss Sophia would have been so much concerned at it, I am sure I never would have done it; nay, if I had known what would have happened to the bird itself: for when Master Jones, who climbed up that tree after it, fell into the water, the bird took a second flight, and presently a nasty hawk carried it away.", "pos": 272176}
{"speaker": "Square", "text": "Sir, I cannot help congratulating you on your nephew; who, at an age when few lads have any ideas but of sensible objects, is arrived at a capacity of distinguishing right from wrong. To confine anything, seems to me against the law of nature, by which everything hath a right to liberty. These were his words; and the impression they have made on me is never to be eradicated. Can any man have a higher notion of the rule of right, and the eternal fitness of things? I cannot help promising myself, from such a dawn, that the meridian of this youth will be equal to that of either the elder or the younger Brutus.", "pos": 273873}
{"speaker": "Thwackum", "text": "From another expression he made use of, I hope he will resemble much better men. The law of nature is a jargon of words, which means nothing. I know not of any such law, nor of any right which can be derived from it. To do as we would be done by, is indeed a Christian motive, as the boy well expressed himself; and I am glad to find my instructions have borne such good fruit.", "pos": 274612}
{"speaker": "Square", "text": "If vanity was a thing fit. I might indulge some on the same occasion; for whence only he can have learnt his notions of right or wrong, I think is pretty apparent. If there be no law of nature, there is no right nor wrong.", "pos": 274992}
{"speaker": "the parson", "text": "How! do you then banish revelation? Am I talking with a deist or an atheist?", "pos": 275232}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Drink about. Pox of your laws of nature! I don't know what you mean, either of you, by right and wrong. To take away my girl's bird was wrong, in my opinion; and my neighbour Allworthy may do as he pleases; but to encourage boys in such practices, is to breed them up to the gallows.", "pos": 275330}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "That he was sorry for what his nephew had done, but could not consent to punish him, as he acted rather from a generous than unworthy motive. If the boy had stolen the bird, none would have been more ready to vote for a severe chastisement than himself; but it was plain that was not his design:", "pos": 275652}
{"speaker": "Square", "text": "That Mr Allworthy had too much respect to the dirty consideration of property. That in passing our judgments on great and mighty actions, all private regards should be laid aside; for by adhering to those narrow rules, the younger Brutus had been condemned of ingratitude, and the elder of parricide.", "pos": 276456}
{"speaker": "Thwackum", "text": "And if they had been hanged too for those crimes, they would have had no more than their deserts. A couple of heathenish villains! Heaven be praised we have no Brutuses now-a-days! I wish, Mr Square, you would desist from filling the minds of my pupils with such antichristian stuff; for the consequence must be, while they are under my care, its being well scourged out of them again. There is your disciple Tom almost spoiled already. I overheard him the other day disputing with Master Blifil that there was no merit in faith without works. I know that is one of your tenets, and I suppose he had it from you.", "pos": 276759}
{"speaker": "Square", "text": "Don't accuse me of spoiling him. Who taught him to laugh at whatever is virtuous and decent, and fit and right in the nature of things? He is your own scholar, and I disclaim him. No, no, Master Blifil is my boy. Young as he is, that lad's notions of moral rectitude I defy you ever to eradicate.", "pos": 277392}
{"speaker": "Thwackum", "text": "Ay, ay, I will venture him with you. He is too well grounded for all your philosophical cant to hurt. No, no, I have taken care to instil such principles into him--", "pos": 277765}
{"speaker": "Square", "text": "And I have instilled principles into him too. What but the sublime idea of virtue could inspire a human mind with the generous thought of giving liberty? And I repeat to you again, if it was a fit thing to be proud, I might claim the honour of having infused that idea.", "pos": 277932}
{"speaker": "Thwackum", "text": "And if pride was not forbidden. I might boast of having taught him that duty which he himself assigned as his motive.", "pos": 278222}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "So between you both, the young gentleman hath been taught to rob my daughter of her bird. I find I must take care of my partridge-mew. I shall have some virtuous religious man or other set all my partridges at liberty. What say you to this, Mr Counsellor? Is not this against law?", "pos": 278359}
{"speaker": "The lawyer", "text": "If the case be put of a partridge, there can be no doubt but an action would lie; for though this be ferae naturae, yet being reclaimed, property vests: but being the case of a singing bird, though reclaimed, as it is a thing of base nature, it must be considered as nullius in bonis. In this case, therefore, I conceive the plaintiff must be non-suited; and I should disadvise the bringing any such action.", "pos": 278807}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Well, if it be nullus bonus, let us drink about, and talk a little of the state of the nation, or some such discourse that we all understand; for I am sure I don't understand a word of this. It may be learning and sense for aught I know: but you shall never persuade me into it. Pox! you have neither of you mentioned a word of that poor lad who deserves to be commended: to venture breaking his neck to oblige my girl was a generous-spirited action: I have learning enough to see that. D--n me, here's Tom's health! I shall love the boy for it the longest day I have to live.", "pos": 279217}
{"speaker": "her maid", "text": "Well, miss, I suppose you have seen young Master Blifil to-day?", "pos": 282737}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I hate the name of Master Blifil, as I do whatever is base and treacherous: and I wonder Mr Allworthy would suffer that old barbarous schoolmaster to punish a poor boy so cruelly for what was only the effect of his good-nature. Don't you think he is a boy of noble spirit?", "pos": 282835}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Is this the mighty favour you asked with so much gravity? I will do it with all my heart. I really pity the poor fellow, and no longer ago than yesterday sent a small matter to his wife.", "pos": 286386}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Well, I will undertake this too; but I cannot promise you as much success as in the former part, which I assure you I will not quit my father without obtaining. However, I will do what I can for the poor fellow; for I sincerely look upon him and his family as objects of great compassion. And now, Mr Jones, I must ask you a favour.", "pos": 287093}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "A favour, madam! if you knew the pleasure you have given me in the hopes of receiving a command from you, you would think by mentioning it you did confer the greatest favour on me; for by this dear hand I would sacrifice my life to oblige you.", "pos": 287441}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "not to lead her father through so many dangers in hunting; for that, from what she had heard, she was terribly frightened every time they went out together, and expected some day or other to see her father brought home with broken limbs. She therefore begged him, for her sake, to be more cautious; and as he well knew Mr Western would follow him, not to ride so madly, nor to take those dangerous leaps for the future.", "pos": 288333}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Nay, dear sir;", "pos": 290039}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "No wonder that one idle fellow should love another.", "pos": 291112}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "Who is she?", "pos": 304367}
{"speaker": "Poor Seagrim", "text": "That he was afraid Molly would be too awkward to wait on her ladyship, as she had never been at service.", "pos": 305528}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "No matter for that, she will soon improve. I am pleased with the girl, and am resolved to try her.", "pos": 305635}
{"speaker": "Goody Brown", "text": "Ye Somersetshire men, or rather ye Somersetshire women, are ye not ashamed thus to fly from a single woman? But if no other will oppose her, I myself and Joan Top here will have the honour of the victory.", "pos": 311114}
{"speaker": "A country fellow", "text": "I don't know, measter, un't I; an't please your honour, here hath been a vight, I think, between Goody Brown and Moll Seagrim.", "pos": 313963}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Who, who?", "pos": 314092}
{"speaker": "Molly's eldest sister", "text": "How had she the assurance to wear a gown which young Madam Western had given to mother! If one of us was to wear it, I think. I myself have the best right; but I warrant you think it belongs to your beauty. I suppose you think yourself more handsomer than any of us.", "pos": 316467}
{"speaker": "Molly's sister", "text": "Hand her down the bit of glass from over the cupboard. I'd wash the blood from my face before I talked of my beauty.", "pos": 316749}
{"speaker": "Molly's eldest sister", "text": "You'd better have minded what the parson says, and not a harkened after men voke.", "pos": 316886}
{"speaker": "Molly's mother", "text": "Indeed, child, and so she had, she hath brought a disgrace upon us all. She's the vurst of the vamily that ever was a whore.", "pos": 316991}
{"speaker": "Molly", "text": "You need not upbraid me with that, mother, you yourself was brought-to-bed of sister there, within a week after you was married.", "pos": 317146}
{"speaker": "Molly's mother", "text": "Yes, hussy, so I was, and what was the mighty matter of that? I was made an honest woman then; and if you was to be made an honest woman, I should not be angry; but you must have to doing with a gentleman, you nasty slut; you will have a bastard, hussy, you will; and that I defy any one to say of me.", "pos": 317292}
{"speaker": "Goody Seagrim", "text": "Here, you have brought us into a fine quandary indeed. What will madam say to that big belly? Oh that ever I should live to see this day!", "pos": 318046}
{"speaker": "Molly", "text": "And what is this mighty place which you have got for me, father? I suppose it is to be under the cook; but I shan't wash dishes for anybody. My gentleman will provide better for me. See what he hath given me this afternoon. He hath promised I shall never want money; and you shan't want money neither, mother, if you will hold your tongue, and know when you are well.", "pos": 318232}
{"speaker": "Goody Seagrim", "text": "Why, husband, would any but such a blockhead as you not have enquired what place this was before he had accepted it? Perhaps, as Molly says, it may be in the kitchen; and truly I don't care my daughter should be a scullion wench; for, poor as I am, I am a gentlewoman. And thof I was obliged, as my father, who was a clergyman, died worse than nothing, and so could not give me a shilling of potion, to undervalue myself by marrying a poor man; yet I would have you to know, I have a spirit above all them things. Marry come up! it would better become Madam Western to look at home, and remember who her own grandfather was. Some of my family, for aught I know, might ride in their coaches, when the grandfathers of some voke walked a-voot. I warrant she fancies she did a mighty matter, when she sent us that old gownd; some of my family would not have picked up such rags in the street; but poor people are always trampled upon.--The parish need not have been in such a fluster with Molly. You might have told them, child, your grandmother wore better things new out of the shop.", "pos": 318904}
{"speaker": "George", "text": "Well, but consider, what answer shall I make to madam?", "pos": 320000}
{"speaker": "Goody Seagrim", "text": "I don't know what answer, you are always bringing your family into one quandary or other. Do you remember when you shot the partridge, the occasion of all our misfortunes? Did not I advise you never to go into Squire Western's manor? Did not I tell you many a good year ago what would come of it? But you would have your own headstrong ways; yes, you would, you villain.", "pos": 320073}
{"speaker": "Mr Supple", "text": "I believe, lady, your ladyship observed a young woman at church yesterday at even-song, who was drest in one of your outlandish garments; I think I have seen your ladyship in such a one. However, in the country, such dresses are Rara avis in terris, nigroque simillima cygno.", "pos": 324198}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "And is a wench having a bastard all your news, doctor? I thought it might have been some public matter, something about the nation.", "pos": 325848}
{"speaker": "the parson", "text": "I am afraid it is too common, indeed, but I thought the whole story altogether deserved commemorating. As to national matters, your worship knows them best. My concerns extend no farther than my own parish.", "pos": 325999}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Why, ay. I believe I do know a little of that matter, as you say. But, come, Tommy, drink about; the bottle stands with you. I smoke it: I smoke it. Tom is certainly the father of this bastard. Zooks, parson, you remember how he recommended the veather o' her to me. D--n un, what a sly b--ch 'tis. Ay, ay, as sure as two-pence, Tom is the veather of the bastard.", "pos": 326231}
{"speaker": "the parson", "text": "I should be very sorry for that,", "pos": 326909}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Why sorry. Where is the mighty matter o't? What, I suppose dost pretend that thee hast never got a bastard? Pox! more good luck's thine? for I warrant hast a done a therefore many's the good time and often.", "pos": 326961}
{"speaker": "Parson", "text": "Your worship is pleased to be jocular, but I do not only animadvert on the sinfulness of the action--though that surely is to be greatly deprecated--but I fear his unrighteousness may injure him with Mr Allworthy. And truly I must say, though he hath the character of being a little wild, I never saw any harm in the young man; nor can I say I have heard any, save what your worship now mentions. I wish, indeed, he was a little more regular in his responses at church; but altogether he seems That is a classical line, young lady; and, being rendered into English, is, `a lad of an ingenuous countenance, and of an ingenuous modesty;' for this was a virtue in great repute both among the Latins and Greeks. I must say, the young gentleman (for so I think I may call him, notwithstanding his birth) appears to me a very modest, civil lad, and I should be sorry that he should do himself any injury in Squire Allworthy's opinion.", "pos": 327190}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Poogh! Injury, with Allworthy! Why, Allworthy loves a wench himself. Doth not all the country know whose son Tom is? You must talk to another person in that manner. I remember Allworthy at college.", "pos": 328184}
{"speaker": "Parson", "text": "I thought, he had never been at the university.", "pos": 328403}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Yes, yes, he was, and many a wench have we two had together. As arrant a whore-master as any within five miles o'un. No, no. It will do'n no harm with he, assure yourself; nor with anybody else. Ask Sophy there--You have not the worse opinion of a young fellow for getting a bastard, have you, girl? No, no, the women will like un the better for't.", "pos": 328472}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "You mistake me, madam, if you think I value myself upon this account; for besides that I am barely discharging my duty, I am likewise pleasing myself. I can truly say I have no delight equal to that of contributing to my father's happiness; and if I value myself, my dear, it is on having this power, and not on executing it.", "pos": 330916}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "If there is any guilt in the case! Are you then so profligate and abandoned a libertine to doubt whether the breaking the laws of God and man, the corrupting and ruining a poor girl be guilt? I own, indeed, it doth lie principally upon you; and so heavy it is, that you ought to expect it should crush you.", "pos": 334537}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Whatever may be my fate, let me succeed in my intercessions for the poor girl. I confess I have corrupted her! but whether she shall be ruined, depends on you. For Heaven's sake, sir, revoke your warrant, and do not send her to a place which must unavoidably prove her destruction. I know, that is too much. I know I am the wicked occasion of it. I will endeavour to make amends, if possible; and if you shall have hereafter the goodness to forgive me, I hope I shall deserve it.", "pos": 334875}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Well, I will discharge my mittimus.--You may send the constable to me.", "pos": 335889}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "That young men of Tom's complexion were too generally addicted to this vice; but he believed that youth was sincerely affected with what he had said to him on the occasion, and he hoped he would not transgress again.", "pos": 338289}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "La, ma'am, what doth your la'ship think? the girl that your la'ship saw at church on Sunday, whom you thought so handsome; though you would not have thought her so handsome neither, if you had seen her nearer, but to be sure she hath been carried before the justice for being big with child. She seemed to me to look like a confident slut: and to be sure she hath laid the child to young Mr Jones. And all the parish says Mr Allworthy is so angry with young Mr Jones, that he won't see him. To be sure, one can't help pitying the poor young man, and yet he doth not deserve much pity neither, for demeaning himself with such kind of trumpery. Yet he is so pretty a gentleman, I should be sorry to have him turned out of doors. I dares to swear the wench was as willing as he; for she was always a forward kind of body. And when wenches are so coming, young men are not so much to be blamed neither; for to be sure they do no more than what is natural. Indeed it is beneath them to meddle with such dirty draggle-tails; and whatever happens to them, it is good enough for them. And yet, to be sure, the vile baggages are most in fault. I wishes, with all my heart, they were well to be whipped at the cart's tail; for it is pity they should be the ruin of a pretty young gentleman; and nobody can deny but that Mr Jones is one of the most handsomest young men that ever----", "pos": 342668}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Prithee, why dost thou trouble me with all this stuff? What concern have I in what Mr Jones doth? I suppose you are all alike. And you seem to me to be angry it was not your own case.", "pos": 344157}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "I, ma'am! I am sorry your ladyship should have such an opinion of me. I am sure nobody can say any such thing of me. All the young fellows in the world may go to the divil for me. Because I said he was a handsome man? Everybody says it as well as I. To be sure, I never thought as it was any harm to say a young man was handsome; but to be sure I shall never think him so any more now; for handsome is that handsome does. A beggar wench!--", "pos": 344343}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Stop thy torrent of impertinence, and see whether my father wants me at breakfast.", "pos": 344808}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "Marry come up, I assure you,", "pos": 344984}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "If I have preserved you, madam, I am sufficiently repaid; for I promise you, I would have secured you from the least harm at the expense of a much greater misfortune to myself than I have suffered on this occasion.", "pos": 350941}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "What misfortune? I hope you have come to no mischief?", "pos": 351158}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Be not concerned, madam. Heaven be praised you have escaped so well, considering the danger you was in. If I have broke my arm, I consider it as a trifle, in comparison of what I feared upon your account.", "pos": 351240}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Broke your arm! Heaven forbid.", "pos": 351491}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I am afraid I have, madam, but I beg you will suffer me first to take care of you. I have a right hand yet at your service, to help you into the next field, whence we have but a very little walk to your father's house.", "pos": 351524}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "I am glad it is no worse. If Tom hath broken his arm, we will get a joiner to mend un again.", "pos": 352729}
{"speaker": "Mr Osborne", "text": "so great, that a woman is the most cowardly of all the creatures God ever made;", "pos": 353731}
{"speaker": "Aristotle", "text": "The modesty and fortitude of men differ from those virtues in women; for the fortitude which becomes a woman, would be cowardice in a man; and the modesty which becomes a man, would be pertness in a woman.", "pos": 353958}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "If you open an artery, I promise you I'll forgive you.", "pos": 356745}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Will you? D--n me, if I will. If he does thee the least mischief, d--n me if I don't ha' the heart's blood o'un out.", "pos": 356802}
{"speaker": "surgeon", "text": "it was much safer to bleed again and again, than to take away too much at once.", "pos": 357168}
{"speaker": "surgeon", "text": "What is the matter, sir? I am sure it is impossible I should hurt you.", "pos": 358107}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "was so charming in so pretty a creature.", "pos": 359327}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "she was certainly in love with this young fellow.", "pos": 360233}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "I in love, madam! upon my word, ma'am, I assure you, ma'am, upon my soul, ma'am, I am not.", "pos": 360286}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Why, if you was. I see no reason that you should be ashamed of it; for he is certainly a pretty fellow.", "pos": 360395}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "Yes, ma'am, that he is, the most handsomest man I ever saw in my life. Yes, to be sure, that he is, and, as your ladyship says, I don't know why I should be ashamed of loving him, though he is my betters. To be sure, gentlefolks are but flesh and blood no more than us servants. Besides, as for Mr Jones, thof Squire Allworthy hath made a gentleman of him, he was not so good as myself by birth: for thof I am a poor body, I am an honest person's child, and my father and mother were married, which is more than some people can say, as high as they hold their heads. Marry, come up! I assure you, my dirty cousin! thof his skin be so white, and to be sure it is the most whitest that ever was seen, I am a Christian as well as he, and nobody can say that I am base born: my grandfather was a clergyman, and would have been very angry, I believe, to have thought any of his family should have taken up with Molly Seagrim's dirty leavings.", "pos": 360524}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I wonder, at your assurance in daring to talk thus of one of my father's friends. As to the wench, I order you never to mention her name to me. And with regard to the young gentleman's birth, those who can say nothing more to his disadvantage, may as well be silent on that head, as I desire you will be for the future.", "pos": 362141}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "I am sorry I have offended your ladyship. I am sure I hate Molly Seagrim as much as your ladyship can; and as for abusing Squire Jones, I can call all the servants in the house to witness, that whenever any talk hath been about bastards, I have always taken his part; for which of you, says I to the footmen, would not be a bastard, if he could, to be made a gentleman of? And, says I, I am sure he is a very fine gentleman; and he hath one of the whitest hands in the world; for to be sure so he hath: and, says I, one of the sweetest temperedest, best naturedest men in the world he is; and, says I, all the servants and neighbours all round the country loves him. And, to be sure, I could tell your ladyship something, but that I am afraid it would offend you.", "pos": 362475}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "What could you tell me, Honour?", "pos": 363265}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "Nay, ma'am, to be sure he meant nothing by it, therefore I would not have your ladyship be offended.", "pos": 363312}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Prithee tell me. I will know it this instant.", "pos": 363416}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "Why, ma'am, he came into the room one day last week when I was at work, and there lay your ladyship's muff on a chair, and to be sure he put his hands into it; that very muff your ladyship gave me but yesterday. La! says I, Mr Jones, you will stretch my lady's muff, and spoil it: but he still kept his hands in it: and then he kissed it--to be sure I hardly ever saw such a kiss in my life as he gave it.", "pos": 363480}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I suppose he did not know it was mine,", "pos": 363912}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I--if you will not mention this any more to me--nor to anybody else, I will not betray you--I mean, I will not be angry; but I am afraid of your tongue. Why, my girl, will you give it such liberties?”", "pos": 365200}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "Nay, ma'am, to be sure, I would sooner cut out my tongue than offend your ladyship. To be sure I shall never mention a word that your ladyship would not have me.”", "pos": 365403}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "for it may come to my father's ears, and he would be angry with Mr Jones; though I really believe, as you say, he meant nothing. I should be very angry myself, if I imagined--“", "pos": 365648}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "Nay, ma'am. I protest I believe he meant nothing. I thought he talked as if he was out of his senses; nay, he said he believed he was beside himself when he had spoken the words. Ay, sir, says I, I believe so too. Yes, says he, Honour.--But I ask your ladyship's pardon; I could tear my tongue out for offending you.”", "pos": 365827}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "you may mention anything you have not told me before.”", "pos": 366183}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "Yes, Honour, says he (this was some time afterwards, when he gave me the crown), I am neither such a coxcomb, or such a villain, as to think of her in any other delight but as my goddess; as such I will always worship and adore her while I have breath.--This was all, ma'am, I will be sworn, to the best of my remembrance. I was in a passion with him myself, till I found he meant no harm.”", "pos": 366240}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I believe you have a real affection for me. I was provoked the other day when I gave you warning; but if you have a desire to stay with me, you shall.”", "pos": 366664}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "To be sure, ma'am,", "pos": 366818}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "on which alone, would depend his own felicity, and the kindness which he might yet promise himself to receive at the hands of his father by adoption, unless he should hereafter forfeit his good opinion: for as to what had past, it should be all forgiven and forgotten.", "pos": 377770}
{"speaker": "Thwackum", "text": "That he ought to look on his broken limb as a judgment from heaven on his sins. That it would become him to be daily on his knees, pouring forth thanksgivings that he had broken his arm only, and not his neck; which latter, was very probably reserved for some future occasion, and that, perhaps, not very remote. For his part, he had often wondered some judgment had not overtaken him before; but it might be perceived by this, that Divine punishments, though slow, are always sure. to foresee, with equal certainty, the greater evils which were yet behind, and which were as sure as this of overtaking him in his state of reprobacy. These are, to be averted only by such a thorough and sincere repentance as is not to be expected or hoped for from one so abandoned in his youth, and whose mind, I am afraid, is totally corrupted. It is my duty, however, to exhort you to this repentance, though I too well know all exhortations will be vain and fruitless. But liberavi animam meam. I can accuse my own conscience of no neglect; though it is at the same time with the utmost concern I see you travelling on to certain misery in this world, and to as certain damnation in the next.", "pos": 378399}
{"speaker": "Square", "text": "Such accidents as a broken bone were below the consideration of a wise man. That it was abundantly sufficient to reconcile the mind to any of these mischances, to reflect that they are liable to befal the wisest of mankind, and are undoubtedly for the good of the whole. It was a mere abuse of words to call those things evils, in which there was no moral unfitness: that pain, which was the worst consequence of such accidents, was the most contemptible thing in the world;", "pos": 379699}
{"speaker": "Blifil", "text": "which", "pos": 380850}
{"speaker": "Blifil", "text": "which, the unparalleled goodness shown by his uncle on this occasion, must certainly effect in one not absolutely abandoned: if Mr Jones ever offends hereafter, I shall not be able to say a syllable in his favour.", "pos": 381649}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "which, had more virtue in it than was in all the physic in an apothecary's shop.", "pos": 382252}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "There, Tom, I have had a battle for thee below-stairs with thick parson Thwackum. He hath been a telling Allworthy, before my face, that the broken bone was a judgment upon thee. D--n it, says I, how can that be? Did he not come by it in defence of a young woman? A judgment indeed! Pox, if he never doth anything worse, he will go to heaven sooner than all the parsons in the country. He hath more reason to glory in it than to be ashamed of it.", "pos": 383783}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Indeed, sir. I have no reason for either; but if it preserved Miss Western, I shall always think it the happiest accident of my life.", "pos": 384233}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "And to gu, to zet Allworthy against thee vor it! D--n un, if the parson had unt his petticuoats on, I should have lent un o flick; for I love thee dearly, my boy, and d--n me if there is anything in my power which I won't do for thee. Sha't take thy choice of all the horses in my stable to-morrow morning, except only the Chevalier and Miss Slouch. Nay, sha't ha the sorrel mare that Sophy rode. She cost me fifty guineas, and comes six years old this grass.", "pos": 384384}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "If she had cost me a thousand. I would have given her to the dogs.", "pos": 384940}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Pooh! pooh! what! because she broke thy arm? Shouldst forget and forgive. I thought hadst been more a man than to bear malice against a dumb creature.", "pos": 385037}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "La, sir, where do you think I have been? I warrants you, you would not guess in fifty years; but if you did guess, to be sure I must not tell you neither.", "pos": 394325}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Nay, if it be something which you must not tell me. I shall have the curiosity to enquire, and I know you will not be so barbarous to refuse me.", "pos": 394483}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "I don't know, why I should refuse you neither, for that matter; for to be sure you won't mention it any more. And for that matter, if you knew where I have been, unless you knew what I have been about, it would not signify much. Nay, I don't see why it should be kept a secret for my part; for to be sure she is the best lady in the world. Why, you must know, sir, my young lady sent me to enquire after Molly Seagrim, and to see whether the wench wanted anything; to be sure, I did not care to go, methinks; but servants must do what they are ordered. How could you undervalue yourself so, Mr Jones? So my lady bid me go and carry her some linen, and other things. She is too good. If such forward sluts were sent to Bridewell, it would be better for them. I told my lady, says I, madam, your la'ship is encouraging idleness.", "pos": 394645}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "And was my Sophia so good?", "pos": 395629}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "My Sophia! I assure you, marry come up. And yet if you knew all--indeed, if I was as Mr Jones, I should look a little higher than such trumpery as Molly Seagrim.", "pos": 395670}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "What do you mean by these words, if I knew all?", "pos": 395853}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "I mean what I mean. Don't you remember putting your hands in my lady's muff once? I vow I could almost find in my heart to tell, if I was certain my lady would never come to the hearing on't. Then to be sure, my lady gave me that muff; and afterwards, upon hearing what you had done", "pos": 395920}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Then you told her what I had done?", "pos": 396291}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "If I did, sir, you need not be angry with me. Many's the man would have given his head to have had my lady told, if they had known,--for, to be sure, the biggest lord in the land might be proud--but, I protest, I have a great mind not to tell you. You must know then, sir, that my lady had given this muff to me; but about a day or two after I had told her the story, she quarrels with her new muff, and to be sure it is the prettiest that ever was seen.", "pos": 396347}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Honour, this is an odious muff; it is too big for me, I can't wear it: till I can get another, you must let me have my old one again, and you may have this in the room on't", "pos": 396897}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "for she's a good lady, and scorns to give a thing and take a thing, I promise you that. So to be sure I fetched it her back again, and, I believe, she hath worn it upon her arm almost ever since, and I warrants hath given it many a kiss when nobody hath seen her.", "pos": 397071}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "beat abroad, and not poach up the game in his warren.", "pos": 397655}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Shall then, my recovery, for which she hath so ardently wished; shall my presence, which she hath so eagerly expected, instead of giving her that joy with which she hath flattered herself, cast her at once down into misery and despair? Can I be such a villain?", "pos": 401170}
{"speaker": "Molly", "text": "And this is your love for me, to forsake me in this manner, now you have ruined me! How often, when I have told you that all men are false and perjury alike, and grow tired of us as soon as ever they have had their wicked wills of us, how often have you sworn you would never forsake me! And can you be such a perjury man after all? What signifies all the riches in the world to me without you, now you have gained my heart, so you have--you have--? Why do you mention another man to me? I can never love any other man as long as I live. All other men are nothing to me. If the greatest squire in all the country would come a suiting to me to-morrow, I would not give my company to him. No, I shall always hate and despise the whole sex for your sake.", "pos": 405090}
{"speaker": "Square", "text": "Well, sir, I see you enjoy this mighty discovery, and, I dare swear, take great delight in the thoughts of exposing me; but if you will consider the matter fairly, you will find you are yourself only to blame. I am not guilty of corrupting innocence. I have done nothing for which that part of the world which judges of matters by the rule of right, will condemn me. Fitness is governed by the nature of things, and not by customs, forms, or municipal laws. Nothing is indeed unfit which is not unnatural.", "pos": 413997}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Well reasoned, old boy, but why dost thou think that I should desire to expose thee? I promise thee, I was never better pleased with thee in my life; and unless thou hast a mind to discover it thyself, this affair may remain a profound secret for me.", "pos": 414506}
{"speaker": "Square", "text": "Nay, Mr Jones. I would not be thought to undervalue reputation. Good fame is a species of the Kalon, and it is by no means fitting to neglect it. Besides, to murder one's own reputation is a kind of suicide, a detestable and odious vice. If you think proper, therefore, to conceal any infirmity of mine (for such I may have, since no man is perfectly perfect), I promise you I will not betray myself. Things may be fitting to be done, which are not fitting to be boasted of; for by the perverse judgment of the world, that often becomes the subject of censure, which is, in truth, not only innocent but laudable.", "pos": 414778}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Right! what can be more innocent than the indulgence of a natural appetite? or what more laudable than the propagation of our species?", "pos": 415412}
{"speaker": "Square", "text": "To be serious with you. I profess they always appeared so to me.", "pos": 415565}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "And yet, you was of a different opinion when my affair with this girl was first discovered.", "pos": 415652}
{"speaker": "Square", "text": "Why, I must confess, as the matter was misrepresented to me, by that parson Thwackum, I might condemn the corruption of innocence: it was that, sir, it was that--and that--: for you must know, Mr Jones, in the consideration of fitness, very minute circumstances, sir, very minute circumstances cause great alteration.", "pos": 415761}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Well, be that as it will, it shall be your own fault, as I have promised you, if you ever hear any more of this adventure. Behave kindly to the girl, and I will never open my lips concerning the matter to any one. And, Molly, do you be faithful to your friend, and I will not only forgive your infidelity to me, but will do you all the service I can.", "pos": 416097}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I fancy, Mr Jones, you have some little shuddering when you see that water.", "pos": 426209}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I assure you, madam, the concern you felt at the loss of your little bird will always appear to me the highest circumstance in that adventure. Poor little Tommy! there is the branch he stood upon. How could the little wretch have the folly to fly away from that state of happiness in which I had the honour to place him? His fate was a just punishment for his ingratitude.", "pos": 426288}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Upon my word, Mr Jones, your gallantry very narrowly escaped as severe a fate. Sure the remembrance must affect you.", "pos": 426682}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Indeed, madam, if I have any reason to reflect with sorrow on it, it is, perhaps, that the water had not been a little deeper, by which I might have escaped many bitter heart-aches that Fortune seems to have in store for me.", "pos": 426814}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Fie, Mr Jones! I am sure you cannot be in earnest now. This affected contempt of life is only an excess of your complacence to me. You would endeavour to lessen the obligation of having twice ventured it for my sake. Beware the third time.", "pos": 427057}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "He feared it was already too late for caution: Oh, Miss Western! can you desire me to live? Can you wish me so ill?", "pos": 427416}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Indeed, Mr Jones, I do not wish you ill.", "pos": 427662}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Oh, I know too well that heavenly temper, that divine goodness, which is beyond every other charm.", "pos": 427706}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Nay, now. I understand you not. I can stay no longer.", "pos": 427823}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I--I would not be understood! nay, I can't be understood. I know not what I say. Meeting you here so unexpectedly, I have been unguarded: for Heaven's sake pardon me, if I have said anything to offend you. I did not mean it. Indeed, I would rather have died--nay, the very thought would kill me.", "pos": 427896}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "You surprize me. How can you possibly think you have offended me?", "pos": 428207}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Fear, madam, easily runs into madness; and there is no degree of fear like that which I feel of offending you. How can I speak then? Nay, don't look angrily at me: one frown will destroy me. I mean nothing. Blame my eyes, or blame those beauties. What am I saying? Pardon me if I have said too much. My heart overflowed. I have struggled with my love to the utmost, and have endeavoured to conceal a fever which preys on my vitals, and will, I hope, soon make it impossible for me ever to offend you more.", "pos": 428292}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Mr Jones, I will not affect to misunderstand you; indeed, I understand you too well; but, for Heaven's sake, if you have any affection for me, let me make the best of my way into the house. I wish I may be able to support myself thither.", "pos": 428976}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I will not mention a word more to her of this nature at present.", "pos": 429330}
{"speaker": "Doctor Misaubin", "text": "Bygar, me believe my pation take me for de undertaker, for dey never send for me till de physicion have kill dem.", "pos": 431851}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Do not sorrow thus, my dear nephew, at the most ordinary of all human occurrences. When misfortunes befal our friends we are justly grieved; for those are accidents which might often have been avoided, and which may seem to render the lot of one man more peculiarly unhappy than that of others; but death is certainly unavoidable, and is that common lot in which alone the fortunes of all men agree: nor is the time when this happens to us very material. If the wisest of men hath compared life to a span, surely we may be allowed to consider it as a day. It is my fate to leave it in the evening; but those who are taken away earlier have only lost a few hours, at the best little worth lamenting, and much oftener hours of labour and fatigue, of pain and sorrow. One of the Roman poets, I remember, likens our leaving life to our departure from a feast;--a thought which hath often occurred to me when I have seen men struggling to protract an entertainment, and to enjoy the company of their friends a few moments longer. Alas! how short is the most protracted of such enjoyments! how immaterial the difference between him who retires the soonest, and him who stays the latest! This is seeing life in the best view, and this unwillingness to quit our friends is the most amiable motive from which we can derive the fear of death; and yet the longest enjoyment which we can hope for of this kind is of so trivial a duration, that it is to a wise man truly contemptible. Few men, I own, think in this manner; for, indeed, few men think of death till they are in its jaws. However gigantic and terrible an object this may appear when it approaches them, they are nevertheless incapable of seeing it at any distance; nay, though they have been ever so much alarmed and frightened when they have apprehended themselves in danger of dying, they are no sooner cleared from this apprehension than even the fears of it are erased from their minds. But, alas! he who escapes from death is not pardoned; he is only reprieved, and reprieved to a short day. Grieve, therefore, no more, my dear child, on this occasion: an event which may happen every hour; which every element, nay, almost every particle of matter that surrounds us is capable of producing, and which must and will most unavoidably reach us all at last, ought neither to occasion our surprize nor our lamentation. My physician having acquainted me (which I take very kindly of him) that I am in danger of leaving you all very shortly, I have determined to say a few words to you at this our parting, before my distemper, which I find grows very fast upon me, puts it out of my power. But I shall waste my strength too much. I intended to speak concerning my will, which, though I have settled long ago, I think proper to mention such heads of it as concern any of you, that I may have the comfort of perceiving you are all satisfied with the provision I have there made for you. Nephew Blifil, I leave you the heir to my whole estate, except only £500 a-year, which is to revert to you after the death of your mother, and except one other estate of £500 a-year, and the sum of £6000, which I have bestowed in the following manner: The estate of £500 a-year I have given to you, Mr Jones: and as I know the inconvenience which attends the want of ready money, I have added £1000 in specie. In this I know not whether I have exceeded or fallen short of your expectation. Perhaps you will think I have given you too little, and the world will be as ready to condemn me for giving you too much; but the latter censure I despise; and as to the former, unless you should entertain that common error which I have often heard in my life pleaded as an excuse for a total want of charity, namely, that instead of raising gratitude by voluntary acts of bounty, we are apt to raise demands, which of all others are the most boundless and most difficult to satisfy.--Pardon me the bare mention of this; I will not suspect any such thing.", "pos": 433971}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "And I assure you, sir, your present generosity hath left me no other concern than for the present melancholy occasion. Oh, my friend, my father!", "pos": 438212}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "I am convinced, my child, that you have much goodness, generosity, and honour, in your temper: if you will add prudence and religion to these, you must be happy; for the three former qualities, I admit, make you worthy of happiness, but they are the latter only which will put you in possession of it. One thousand pound I have given to you, Mr Thwackum; a sum I am convinced which greatly exceeds your desires, as well as your wants. However, you will receive it as a memorial of my friendship; and whatever superfluities may redound to you, that piety which you so rigidly maintain will instruct you how to dispose of them. A like sum, Mr Square, I have bequeathed to you. This, I hope, will enable you to pursue your profession with better success than hitherto. I have often observed with concern, that distress is more apt to excite contempt than commiseration, especially among men of business, with whom poverty is understood to indicate want of ability. But the little I have been able to leave you will extricate you from those difficulties with which you have formerly struggled; and then I doubt not but you will meet with sufficient prosperity to supply what a man of your philosophical temper will require. I find myself growing faint, so I shall refer you to my will for my disposition of the residue. My servants will there find some tokens to remember me by; and there are a few charities which, I trust, my executors will see faithfully performed. Bless you all. I am setting out a little before you. Go, child, see what the gentleman wants. I am not able to do any business now, nor can he have any with me, in which you are not at present more concerned than myself. Besides, I really am--I am incapable of seeing any one at present, or of any longer attention.", "pos": 438527}
{"speaker": "Mrs Wilkins", "text": "Sure master might have made some difference, methinks, between me and the other servants. I suppose he hath left me mourning; but, i'fackins! if that be all, the devil shall wear it for him, for me. I'd have his worship know I am no beggar. I have saved five hundred pound in his service, and after all to be used in this manner.--It is a fine encouragement to servants to be honest; and to be sure, if I have taken a little something now and then, others have taken ten times as much; and now we are all put in a lump together. If so be that it be so, the legacy may go to the devil with him that gave it. No, I won't give it up neither, because that will please some folks. No, I'll buy the gayest gown I can get, and dance over the old curmudgeon's grave in it. This is my reward for taking his part so often, when all the country have cried shame of him, for breeding up his bastard in that manner; but he is going now where he must pay for all. It would have become him better to have repented of his sins on his deathbed, than to glory in them, and give away his estate out of his own family to a misbegotten child. Found in his bed, forsooth! a pretty story! ay, ay, those that hide know where to find. Lord forgive him! I warrant he hath many more bastards to answer for, if the truth was known. One comfort is, they will all be known where he is a going now.--`The servants will find some token to remember me by.' Those were the very words; I shall never forget them, if I was to live a thousand years. Ay, ay, I shall remember you for huddling me among the servants. One would have thought he might have mentioned my name as well as that of Square; but he is a gentleman forsooth, though he had not cloths on his back when he came hither first. Marry come up with such gentlemen! though he hath lived here this many years, I don't believe there is arrow a servant in the house ever saw the colour of his money. The devil shall wait upon such a gentleman for me.", "pos": 441616}
{"speaker": "Square", "text": "Well, sir, have you heard any news of your friend since we parted from him?", "pos": 444078}
{"speaker": "Thwackum", "text": "If you mean Mr Allworthy. I think you might rather give him the appellation of your friend; for he seems to me to have deserved that title.", "pos": 444157}
{"speaker": "Square", "text": "The title is as good on your side, for his bounty, such as it is, hath been equal to both.", "pos": 444321}
{"speaker": "Thwackum", "text": "I should not have mentioned it first,", "pos": 444433}
{"speaker": "Square", "text": "Since you provoke me, that injury is done to me; nor did I ever imagine Mr Allworthy had held my friendship so light, as to put me in balance with one who received his wages. I know to what it is owing; it proceeds from those narrow principles which you have been so long endeavouring to infuse into him, in contempt of everything which is great and noble. The beauty and loveliness of friendship is too strong for dim eyes, nor can it be perceived by any other medium than that unerring rule of right, which you have so often endeavoured to ridicule, that you have perverted your friend's understanding.", "pos": 445175}
{"speaker": "Thwackum", "text": "I wish, for the sake of his soul, your damnable doctrines have not perverted his faith. It is to this I impute his present behaviour, so unbecoming a Christian. Who but an atheist could think of leaving the world without having first made up his account? without confessing his sins, and receiving that absolution which he knew he had one in the house duly authorized to give him? He will feel the want of these necessaries when it is too late, when he is arrived at that place where there is wailing and gnashing of teeth. It is then he will find in what mighty stead that heathen goddess, that virtue, which you and all other deists of the age adore, will stand him. He will then summon his priest, when there is none to be found, and will lament the want of that absolution, without which no sinner can be safe.", "pos": 445820}
{"speaker": "Square", "text": "If it be so material, why don't you present it him of your own accord?", "pos": 446638}
{"speaker": "Thwackum", "text": "It hath no virtue, but to those who have sufficient grace to require it. But why do I talk thus to a heathen and an unbeliever? It is you that taught him this lesson, for which you have been well rewarded in this world, as I doubt not your disciple will soon be in the other.", "pos": 446744}
{"speaker": "Square", "text": "I know not what you mean by reward; but if you hint at that pitiful memorial of our friendship, which he hath thought fit to bequeath me, I despise it; and nothing but the unfortunate situation of my circumstances should prevail on me to accept it.", "pos": 447023}
{"speaker": "Thwackum", "text": "In a miserable way,", "pos": 447388}
{"speaker": "the doctor", "text": "It is no more than I expected, but pray what symptoms have appeared since I left you?", "pos": 447429}
{"speaker": "Thwackum", "text": "No good ones, I am afraid, after what past at our departure, I think there were little hopes.", "pos": 447538}
{"speaker": "the doctor", "text": "Good-lack-a-day! One cannot answer for events; but I wish I had been at hand, to have been called in. The gout is a distemper which it is difficult to treat; yet I have been remarkably successful in it.", "pos": 448026}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "The Lord's will be done in everything.", "pos": 451797}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Doctor, you deserve a statue to be erected to you at the public expense, for having preserved a man, who is not only the darling of all good men who know him, but a blessing to society, the glory of his country, and an honour to human nature. D--n me if I don't love him better than my own soul.", "pos": 455706}
{"speaker": "Thwackum", "text": "More shame for you. Though I think you have reason to love him, for he hath provided very well for you. And perhaps it might have been better for some folks that he had not lived to see just reason of revoking his gift.", "pos": 456016}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "And doth thy mean soul imagine that any such considerations could weigh with me? No, let the earth open and swallow her own dirt (if I had millions of acres I would say it) rather than swallow up my dear glorious friend.", "pos": 456324}
{"speaker": "Blifil", "text": "When, the house was a house of mourning, on the account of his dear mother; and if it had pleased Heaven to give him some prospect of Mr Allworthy's recovery, it would become them better to express the exultations of their hearts in thanksgiving, than in drunkenness and riots; which were properer methods to encrease the Divine wrath, than to avert it.", "pos": 459026}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "His excessive joy for Mr Allworthy's recovery had driven every other thought out of his mind.", "pos": 459883}
{"speaker": "Blifil", "text": "It was little to be wondered at, if tragical spectacles made no impression on the blind; but, for his part, he had the misfortune to know who his parents were, and consequently must be affected with their loss.", "pos": 460052}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "D--n you for a rascal, do you insult me with the misfortune of my birth?", "pos": 460445}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "O Sophia, would Heaven give thee to my arms, how blest would be my condition! Curst be that fortune which sets a distance between us. Was I but possessed of thee, one only suit of rags thy whole estate, is there a man on earth whom I would envy! How contemptible would the brightest Circassian beauty, drest in all the jewels of the Indies, appear to my eyes! But why do I mention another woman? Could I think my eyes capable of looking at any other with tenderness, these hands should tear them from my head. No, my Sophia, if cruel fortune separates us for ever, my soul shall doat on thee alone. The chastest constancy will I ever preserve to thy image. Though I should never have possession of thy charming person, still shalt thou alone have possession of my thoughts, my love, my soul. Oh! my fond heart is so wrapt in that tender bosom, that the brightest beauties would for me have no charms, nor would a hermit be colder in their embraces. Sophia, Sophia alone shall be mine. What raptures are in that name! I will engrave it on every tree.", "pos": 463916}
{"speaker": "Molly Seagrim", "text": "You don't intend to kill me, squire, I hope! Sire,", "pos": 465515}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Why should you think I would kill you?", "pos": 465563}
{"speaker": "Molly Seagrim", "text": "Nay, after your cruel usage of me when I saw you last, killing me would, perhaps, be too great kindness for me to expect.", "pos": 465620}
{"speaker": "Cleostratus", "text": "Are not you, ashamed to admonish a drunken man?", "pos": 466891}
{"speaker": "Blifil", "text": "He was certain he had seen a fellow and wench retire together among the bushes, which he doubted not was with some wicked purpose.", "pos": 468454}
{"speaker": "Thwackum", "text": "Fie upon it! Fie upon it! Mr Jones. Is it possible you should be the person?", "pos": 472000}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "You see, it is possible I should be here.", "pos": 472080}
{"speaker": "Thwackum", "text": "And who, is that wicked slut with you?", "pos": 472143}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "If I have any wicked slut with me, it is possible I shall not let you know who she is.", "pos": 472202}
{"speaker": "Thwackum", "text": "I command you to tell me immediately, and I would not have you imagine, young man, that your age, though it hath somewhat abridged the purpose of tuition, hath totally taken away the authority of the master. The relation of the master and scholar is indelible; as, indeed, all other relations are; for they all derive their original from heaven. I would have you think yourself, therefore, as much obliged to obey me now, as when I taught you your first rudiments.", "pos": 472307}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I believe you would, but that will not happen, unless you had the same birchen argument to convince me.", "pos": 472792}
{"speaker": "Thwackum", "text": "Then I must tell you plainly. I am resolved to discover the wicked wretch.", "pos": 472914}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "And I must tell you plainly. I am resolved you shall not.", "pos": 473009}
{"speaker": "Blifil", "text": "he would not see his old master insulted.", "pos": 473204}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Are not you ashamed, and be d--n'd to you, to fall two of you upon one?", "pos": 476288}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "Miss Western is dead.", "pos": 479260}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Oh! heavens!", "pos": 480613}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Come, my lad, d'off thy quoat and wash thy feace; for att in a devilish pickle, I promise thee. Come, come, wash thyself, and shat go huome with me; and we'l zee to vind thee another quoat.", "pos": 481846}
{"speaker": "Thwackum", "text": "I believe the cause is not far off; if you beat the bushes well you may find her.", "pos": 484742}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Find her? what! have you been fighting for a wench?", "pos": 484827}
{"speaker": "Thwackum", "text": "Ask the gentleman in his waistcoat there, he best knows.", "pos": 484901}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Nay then, it is a wench certainly.--Ah, Tom, Tom, thou art a liquorish dog. But come, gentlemen, be all friends, and go home with me, and make final peace over a bottle.", "pos": 484977}
{"speaker": "Thwackum", "text": "I ask your pardon, sir, it is no such slight matter for a man of my character to be thus injuriously treated, and buffeted by a boy, only because I would have done my duty, in endeavouring to detect and bring to justice a wanton harlot; but, indeed, the principal fault lies in Mr Allworthy and yourself; for if you put the laws in execution, as you ought to do, you will soon rid the country of these vermin.", "pos": 485166}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "I would as soon rid the country of foxes. I think we ought to encourage the recruiting those numbers which we are every day losing in the war.--But where is she? Prithee, Tom, show me. Soho! Puss is not far off. Here's her form, upon my soul; I believe I may cry stole away.", "pos": 485595}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "return home; she found herself very faint, and apprehended a relapse.", "pos": 486244}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "put the world in our own person?", "pos": 492460}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Pray, brother, have you not observed something very extraordinary in my niece lately?", "pos": 497774}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "No, not I, is anything the matter with the girl?", "pos": 497863}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "I think there is, and something of much consequence too.", "pos": 497935}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Why, she doth not complain of anything, and she hath had the small-pox.", "pos": 498010}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Brother, girls are liable to other distempers besides the small-pox, and sometimes possibly to much worse.", "pos": 498102}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "she knew he loved her more than his own soul, and that he would send to the world's end for the best physician to her.", "pos": 498364}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Nay, nay, the distemper is not so terrible; but I believe, brother, you are convinced I know the world, and I promise you I was never more deceived in my life, if my niece be not most desperately in love.", "pos": 498485}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "How! in love! in love, without acquainting me! I'll disinherit her; I'll turn her out of doors, stark naked, without a farthing. Is all my kindness vor 'ur, and vondness o'ur come to this, to fall in love without asking me leave?", "pos": 498718}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "But you will not, turn this daughter, whom you love better than your own soul, out of doors, before you know whether you shall approve her choice. Suppose she should have fixed on the very person whom you yourself would wish, I hope you would not be angry then?", "pos": 498982}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "No, no, that would make a difference. If she marries the man I would ha' her, she may love whom she pleases, I shan't trouble my head about that. That would make a difference. If she marries the man I would ha' her, she may love whom she pleases, I shan't trouble my head about that.", "pos": 499271}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "That is spoken, like a sensible man; but I believe the very person she hath chosen would be the very person you would choose for her. I will disclaim all knowledge of the world, if it is not so; and I believe, brother, you will allow I have some.", "pos": 499436}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Why, lookee, sister. I do believe you have as much as any woman; and to be sure those are women's matters. You know I don't love to hear you talk about politics; they belong to us, and petticoats should not meddle: but come, who is the man? Who is the man?", "pos": 499709}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Marry! you may find him out yourself if you please. You, who are so great a politician, can be at no great loss. The judgment which can penetrate into the cabinets of princes, and discover the secret springs which move the great state wheels in all the political machines of Europe, must surely, with very little difficulty, find out what passes in the rude uninformed mind of a girl.", "pos": 499969}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Sister. I have often warn'd you not to talk the court gibberish to me. I tell you, I don't understand the lingo: but I can read a journal, or the London Evening Post. Perhaps, indeed, there may be now and tan a verse which I can't make much of, because half the letters are left out; yet I know very well what is meant by that, and that our affairs don't go so well as they should do, because of bribery and corruption.", "pos": 500369}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "I pity your country ignorance from my heart,", "pos": 500812}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Do you? and I pity your town learning; I had rather be anything than a courtier, and a Presbyterian, and a Hanoverian too, as some people, I believe, are.", "pos": 500876}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "If you mean me, you know I am a woman, brother; and it signifies nothing what I am. Besides--", "pos": 501054}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "I do know you are a woman, and it's well for thee that art one; if hadst been a man, I promise thee I had lent thee a flick long ago.", "pos": 501167}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Ay, there, in that flick lies all your fancied superiority. Your bodies, and not your brains, are stronger than ours. Believe me, it is well for you that you are able to beat us; or, such is the superiority of our understanding, we should make all of you what the brave, and wise, and witty, and polite are already--our slaves.", "pos": 501324}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "I am glad I know your mind. But we'll talk more of this matter another time. At present, do tell me what man is it you mean about my daughter?", "pos": 501667}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Hold a moment, while I digest that sovereign contempt I have for your sex; or else I ought to be angry too with you. There--I have made a shift to gulp it down. And now, good politic sir, what think you of Mr Blifil? Did she not faint away on seeing him lie breathless on the ground? Did she not, after he was recovered, turn pale again the moment we came up to that part of the field where he stood? And pray what else should be the occasion of all her melancholy that night at supper, the next morning, and indeed ever since?", "pos": 501836}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "'Fore George! now you mind me on't, I remember it all. It is certainly so, and I am glad on't with all my heart. I knew Sophy was a good girl, and would not fall in love to make me angry. I was never more rejoiced in my life; for nothing can lie so handy together as our two estates. I had this matter in my head some time ago: for certainly the two estates are in a manner joined together in matrimony already, and it would be a thousand pities to part them. It is true, indeed, there be larger estates in the kingdom, but not in this county, and I had rather bate something, than marry my daughter among strangers and foreigners. Besides, most o' zuch great estates be in the hands of lords, and I heate the very name of themmun. Well but, sister, what would you advise me to do; for I tell you women know these matters better than we do?", "pos": 502380}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Oh, your humble servant, sir, we are obliged to you for allowing us a capacity in anything. Since you are pleased, then, most politic sir, to ask my advice, I think you may propose the match to Allworthy yourself. There is no indecorum in the proposal's coming from the parent of either side. King Alcinous, in Mr Pope's Odyssey, offers his daughter to Ulysses. I need not caution so politic a person not to say that your daughter is in love; that would indeed be against all rules.", "pos": 503243}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Well. I will propose it; but I shall certainly lend un a flick, if he should refuse me.", "pos": 503750}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Fear not, the match is too advantageous to be refused.", "pos": 503859}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "I don't know that. Allworthy is a queer b--ch, and money hath no effect o'un.", "pos": 503937}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Brother, your politics astonish me. Are you really to be imposed on by professions? Do you think Mr Allworthy hath more contempt for money than other men because he professes more? Such credulity would better become one of us weak women, than that wise sex which heaven hath formed for politicians. Indeed, brother, you would make a fine plenipo to negotiate with the French. They would soon persuade you, that they take towns out of mere defensive principles.", "pos": 504040}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Sister, let your friends at court answer for the towns taken; as you are a woman, I shall lay no blame upon you; for I suppose they are wiser than to trust women with secrets.", "pos": 504520}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Brother, you are absolutely a perfect Croat; but as those have their use in the army of the empress queen, so you likewise have some good in you. I will therefore once more sign a treaty of peace with you, and see that you do not infringe it on your side; at least, as you are so excellent a politician, I may expect you will keep your leagues, like the French, till your interest calls upon you to break them.", "pos": 506622}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "The alliance was such as I sincerely wished; then launched forth into a very just encomium on the young lady's merit; acknowledged the offer to be advantageous in point of fortune; and after thanking Mr Western for the good opinion he had professed of his nephew, concluded, that if the young people liked each other, he should be very desirous to complete the affair.", "pos": 511774}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "That parents were the best judges of proper matches for their children: that for his part he should insist on the most resigned obedience from his daughter: and if any young fellow could refuse such a bed-fellow, he was his humble servant, and hoped there was no harm done. I say no more--I humbly hope there's no harm done--that's all.", "pos": 512340}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Brother, I am entirely at your service. Things look so well in the north, that I was never in a better humour.", "pos": 520207}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Upon my word, madam, it is a book which I am neither ashamed nor afraid to own I have read. It is the production of a young lady of fashion, whose good understanding, I think, doth honour to her sex, and whose good heart is an honour to human nature.", "pos": 521024}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Yes, the author is of a very good family; but she is not much among people one knows. I have never read it; for the best judges say, there is not much in it.", "pos": 521376}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I dare not, madam, set up my own opinion, against the best judges, but there appears to me a great deal of human nature in it; and in many parts so much true tenderness and delicacy, that it hath cost me many a tear.", "pos": 521537}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Ay, and do you love to cry then?", "pos": 521772}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I love a tender sensation, and would pay the price of a tear for it at any time.", "pos": 521822}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Well, but show me, what was you reading when I came in; there was something very tender in that, I believe, and very loving too. You blush, my dear Sophia. Ah! child, you should read books which would teach you a little hypocrisy, which would instruct you how to hide your thoughts a little better.", "pos": 521928}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I hope, madam. I have no thoughts which I ought to be ashamed of discovering.", "pos": 522247}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Ashamed! no. I don't think you have any thoughts which you ought to be ashamed of; and yet, child, you blushed just now when I mentioned the word loving. Dear Sophy, be assured you have not one thought which I am not well acquainted with; as well, child, as the French are with our motions, long before we put them in execution. Did you think, child, because you have been able to impose upon your father, that you could impose upon me? Do you imagine I did not know the reason of your overacting all that friendship for Mr Blifil yesterday? I have seen a little too much of the world, to be so deceived. Nay, nay, do not blush again. I tell you it is a passion you need not be ashamed of. It is a passion I myself approve, and have already brought your father into the approbation of it. Indeed, I solely consider your inclination; for I would always have that gratified, if possible, though one may sacrifice higher prospects. Come, I have news which will delight your very soul. Make me your confident, and I will undertake you shall be happy to the very extent of your wishes.", "pos": 522347}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "La, madam. I know not what to say--why, madam, should you suspect?", "pos": 523448}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Nay, no dishonesty. Consider, you are speaking to one of your own sex, to an aunt, and I hope you are convinced you speak to a friend. Consider, you are only revealing to me what I know already, and what I plainly saw yesterday, through that most artful of all disguises, which you had put on, and which must have deceived any one who had not perfectly known the world. Lastly, consider it is a passion which I highly approve.", "pos": 523587}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "La, madam, you come upon one so unawares, and on a sudden. To be sure, madam, I am not blind--and certainly, if it be a fault to see all human perfections assembled together--but is it possible my father and you, madam, can see with my eyes?", "pos": 524040}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "I tell you, we do entirely approve; and this very afternoon your father hath appointed for you to receive your lover.", "pos": 524299}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "My father, this afternoon!", "pos": 524440}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Yes, child, this afternoon. You know the impetuosity of my brother's temper. I acquainted him with the passion which I first discovered in you that evening when you fainted away in the field. I saw it in your fainting. I saw it immediately upon your recovery. I saw it that evening at supper, and the next morning at breakfast (you know, child, I have seen the world). Well, I no sooner acquainted my brother, but he immediately wanted to propose it to Allworthy. He proposed it yesterday, Allworthy consented (as to be sure he must with joy), and this afternoon, I tell you, you are to put on all your best airs.", "pos": 524523}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "This afternoon! Dear aunt, you frighten me out of my senses.", "pos": 525156}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "O, my dear, you will soon come to yourself again; for he is a charming young fellow, that's the truth on't.", "pos": 525235}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Nay, I will own. I know none with such perfections. So brave, and yet so gentle; so witty, yet so inoffensive; so humane, so civil, so genteel, so handsome! What signifies his being base born, when compared with such qualifications as these?", "pos": 525362}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Base born? What do you mean? Mr Blifil base born!", "pos": 525621}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Good heavens, of Mr Jones, I thought; I am sure I know no other who deserves--", "pos": 525848}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "I protest, you frighten me in your turn. Is it Mr Jones, and not Mr Blifil, who is the object of your affection?", "pos": 525963}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Mr Blifil! Sure it is impossible you can be in earnest; if you are, I am the most miserable woman alive.", "pos": 526096}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "And is it possible you can think of disgracing your family by allying yourself to a bastard? Can the blood of the Westerns submit to such contamination? If you have not sense sufficient to restrain such monstrous inclinations, I thought the pride of our family would have prevented you from giving the least encouragement to so base an affection; much less did I imagine you would ever have had the assurance to own it to my face.", "pos": 526418}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Madam, what I have said you have extorted from me. I do not remember to have ever mentioned the name of Mr Jones with approbation to any one before; nor should I now had I not conceived he had your approbation. Whatever were my thoughts of that poor, unhappy young man, I intended to have carried them with me to my grave--to that grave where only now, I find, I am to seek repose.", "pos": 526851}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "And I would rather, follow you to your grave, than I would see you disgrace yourself and your family by such a match. O Heavens! could I have ever suspected that I should live to hear a niece of mine declare a passion for such a fellow? You are the first--yes, Miss Western, you are the first of your name who ever entertained so grovelling a thought. A family so noted for the prudence of its women", "pos": 527572}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "That on one consideration only she would keep the secret from her brother; and this was, that Sophia should promise to entertain Mr Blifil that very afternoon as her lover, and to regard him as the person who was to be her husband.", "pos": 528562}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "She knew too much of the world to be so deceived; that as she was sensible another man had her affections, she should persuade Mr Western to hasten the match as much as possible. It would be bad politics, indeed, to protract a siege when the enemy's army is at hand, and in danger of relieving it. No, no, Sophy, as I am convinced you have a violent passion which you can never satisfy with honour, I will do all I can to put your honour out of the care of your family: for when you are married those matters will belong only to the consideration of your husband. I hope, child, you will always have prudence enough to act as becomes you; but if you should not, marriage hath saved many a woman from ruin.", "pos": 529879}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "O Gemini, my dear lady, what is the matter?", "pos": 531712}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Nothing,", "pos": 531759}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "Nothing! O dear Madam! you must not tell me that, when your ladyship is in this taking, and when there hath been such a preamble between your ladyship and Madam Western.", "pos": 531784}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Don't teaze me. I tell you nothing is the matter. Good heavens! why was I born?", "pos": 531975}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "Nay, madam, you shall never persuade me that your la'ship can lament yourself so for nothing. To be sure I am but a servant; but to be sure I have been always faithful to your la'ship, and to be sure I would serve your la'ship with my life.", "pos": 532074}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "My dear Honour, 'tis not in thy power to be of any service to me. I am irretrievably undone.", "pos": 532337}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "Heaven forbid! but if I can't be of any service to you, pray tell me, madam--it will be some comfort to me to know--pray, dear ma'am, tell me what's the matter.", "pos": 532448}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "My father, is going to marry me to a man I both despise and hate.", "pos": 532642}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "O dear, ma'am, who is this wicked man? for to be sure he is very bad, or your la'ship would not despise him.", "pos": 532727}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "His name is poison to my tongue, thou wilt know it too soon.", "pos": 532861}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "I don't pretend to give your la'ship advice, whereof your la'ship knows much better than I can pretend to, being but a servant; but, i-fackins! no father in England should marry me against my consent. And, to be sure, the 'squire is so good, that if he did but know your la'ship despises and hates the young man, to be sure he would not desire you to marry him. And if your la'ship would but give me leave to tell my master so. To be sure, it would be more properer to come from your own mouth; but as your la'ship doth not care to foul your tongue with his nasty name--", "pos": 533075}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "You are mistaken, Honour, my father was determined before he ever thought fit to mention it to me.", "pos": 533649}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "More shame for him, you are to go to bed to him, and not master: and thof a man may be a very proper man, yet every woman mayn't think him handsome alike. I am sure my master would never act in this manner of his own head. I wish some people would trouble themselves only with what belongs to them; they would not, I believe, like to be served so, if it was their own case; for though I am a maid, I can easily believe as how all men are not equally agreeable. And what signifies your la'ship having so great a fortune, if you can't please yourself with the man you think most handsomest? Well, I say nothing; but to be sure it is a pity some folks had not been better born; nay, as for that matter, I should not mind it myself; but then there is not so much money; and what of that? your la'ship hath money enough for both; and where can your la'ship bestow your fortune better? for to be sure every one must allow that he is the most handsomest, charmingest, finest, tallest, properest man in the world.", "pos": 533766}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "What do you mean by running on in this manner to me? Have I ever given any encouragement for these liberties?", "pos": 534791}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "Nay, ma'am, I ask pardon; I meant no harm, but to be sure the poor gentleman hath run in my head ever since I saw him this morning. To be sure, if your la'ship had but seen him just now, you must have pitied him. Poor gentleman! I wishes some misfortune hath not happened to him; for he hath been walking about with his arms across, and looking so melancholy, all this morning: I vow and protest it made me almost cry to see him.", "pos": 534951}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "To see whom?", "pos": 535400}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "Poor Mr Jones. See him! why, where did you see him?", "pos": 535428}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "By the canal, ma'am,", "pos": 535515}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "There he hath been walking all this morning, and at last there he laid himself down: I believe he lies there still. To be sure, if it had not been for my modesty, being a maid, as I am, I should have gone and spoke to him. Do, ma'am, let me go and see, only for a fancy, whether he is there still.", "pos": 535551}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Pugh! There! no, no: what should he do there? He is gone before this time, to be sure. Besides, why--what--why should you go to see? besides, I want you for something else. Go, fetch me my hat and gloves. I shall walk with my aunt in the grove before dinner.", "pos": 535852}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Come, come, none of your maidenish airs; I know all; I assure you sister hath told me all.", "pos": 538060}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Is it possible, that my aunt can have betrayed me already?", "pos": 538169}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "betrayed you! ay. Why, you betrayed yourself yesterday at dinner. You showed your fancy very plainly, I think. But you young girls never know what you would be at. So you cry because I am going to marry you to the man you are in love with! Your mother, I remember, whimpered and whined just in the same manner; but it was all over within twenty-four hours after we were married: Mr Blifil is a brisk young man, and will soon put an end to your squeamishness. Come, chear up, chear up; I expect un every minute.", "pos": 538270}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "And is it possible my papa can be so good to place all his joy in his Sophy's happiness? not to make her the most miserable creature on earth by forcing her to marry a man whom she detested. This I entreat of you, dear sir, for your sake, as well as my own, since you are so very kind to tell me your happiness depends on mine.", "pos": 543922}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "How! what!", "pos": 544468}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Oh! sir, not only your poor Sophy's happiness; her very life, her being, depends upon your granting her request. I cannot live with Mr Blifil. To force me into this marriage would be killing me.", "pos": 544511}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "You can't live with Mr Blifil?", "pos": 544726}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "No, upon my soul I can't,", "pos": 544773}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Then die and be d--d,", "pos": 544818}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Oh! sir, take pity on me, I beseech you. Don't look and say such cruel--Can you be unmoved while you see your Sophy in this dreadful condition? Can the best of fathers break my heart? Will he kill me by the most painful, cruel, lingering death?", "pos": 544875}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Pooh! pooh! all stuff and nonsense; all maidenish tricks. Kill you, indeed! Will marriage kill you?", "pos": 545179}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Oh! sir, such a marriage is worse than death. He is not even indifferent; I hate and detest him.", "pos": 545302}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "If you detest un never so much, you shall ha'un. I am resolved upon the match, and unless you consent to it I will not give you a groat, not a single farthing; no, though I saw you expiring with famine in the street, I would not relieve you with a morsel of bread. This is my fixed resolution, and so I leave you to consider on it.", "pos": 545421}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Go, go, prithee, try what canst do; O my Sophia, what means this dreadful sight?", "pos": 547141}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Mr Jones, for Heaven's sake how came you here?--Leave me, I beseech you, this moment.", "pos": 547739}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Do not, impose so harsh a command upon me--my heart bleeds faster than those lips. O Sophia, how easily could I drain my veins to preserve one drop of that dear blood.", "pos": 547828}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I have too many obligations to you already, for sure you meant them such. Oh, Mr Jones, why did you save my life? my death would have been happier for us both.", "pos": 548010}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Happier for us both! Could racks or wheels kill me so painfully as Sophia's--I cannot bear the dreadful sound. Do I live but for her?", "pos": 548280}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Oh, Mr Jones, you know not, you know not what hath passed this cruel afternoon.", "pos": 548973}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I know all, my Sophia, your cruel father hath told me all, and he himself hath sent me hither to you.", "pos": 549056}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "My father sent you to me! sure you dream.", "pos": 549176}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Would to Heaven, it was but a dream! Oh, Sophia, your father hath sent me to you, to be an advocate for my odious rival, to solicit you in his favour. I took any means to get access to you. O speak to me, Sophia! comfort my bleeding heart. Sure no one ever loved, ever doated like me. Do not unkindly withhold this dear, this soft, this gentle hand--one moment, perhaps, tears you for ever from me--nothing less than this cruel occasion could, I believe, have ever conquered the respect and awe with which you have inspired me.", "pos": 549236}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "What would Mr Jones have me say?", "pos": 549889}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "O do but promise, that you never will give yourself to Blifil.", "pos": 549925}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Name not, the detested sound. Be assured I never will give him what is in my power to withhold from him.", "pos": 550003}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Now then, while you are so perfectly kind, go a little farther, and add that I may hope.", "pos": 550127}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Alas! Mr Jones, whither will you drive me? What hope have I to bestow? You know my father's intentions.", "pos": 550231}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "But I know, your compliance with them cannot be compelled.", "pos": 550350}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "What, must be the dreadful consequence of my disobedience? My own ruin is my least concern. I cannot bear the thoughts of being the cause of my father's misery.", "pos": 550427}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "He is himself the cause, by exacting a power over you which Nature hath not given him. Think on the misery which I am to suffer if I am to lose you, and see on which side pity will turn the balance.", "pos": 550603}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Think of it! can you imagine I do not feel the ruin which I must bring on you, should I comply with your desire? It is that thought which gives me resolution to bid you fly from me for ever, and avoid your own destruction.", "pos": 550820}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I fear no destruction, but the loss of Sophia. If you would save me from the most bitter agonies, recall that cruel sentence. Indeed, I can never part with you, indeed I cannot.", "pos": 551061}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "I wull have satisfaction o' thee, so doff thy clothes. At unt half a man, and I'll lick thee as well as wast ever licked in thy life.", "pos": 557205}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Sir, this usage may perhaps cancel every other obligation you have conferred on me; but there is one you can never cancel; nor will I be provoked by your abuse to lift my hand against the father of Sophia.", "pos": 558632}
{"speaker": "Parson Supple", "text": "You behold, sir, how he waxeth wrath at your abode here; therefore let me pray you not to tarry any longer. His anger is too much kindled for you to commune with him at present. You had better, therefore, conclude your visit, and refer what matters you have to urge in your behalf to some other opportunity.", "pos": 558957}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "It would have vexed one confoundedly to have been hanged for such a rascal.", "pos": 559554}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "There, you have done a fine piece of work truly! You have brought up your bastard to a fine purpose; not that I believe you have had any hand in it neither, that is, as a man may say, designedly: but there is a fine kettle-of-fish made on't up at our house.", "pos": 562138}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "What can be the matter, Mr Western?", "pos": 562398}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "O, matter enow of all conscience: my daughter hath fallen in love with your bastard, that's all; but I won't ge her a hapeny, not the twentieth part of a brass varden. I always thought what would come o' breeding up a bastard like a gentleman, and letting un come about to vok's houses. It's well vor un I could not get at un: I'd a lick'd un; I'd a spoil'd his caterwauling; I'd a taught the son of a whore to meddle with meat for his master. He shan't ever have a morsel of meat of mine, or a varden to buy it: if she will ha un, one smock shall be her portion. I'd sooner ge my esteate to the zinking fund, that it may be sent to Hanover to corrupt our nation with.", "pos": 562452}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "I am heartily sorry,", "pos": 563123}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Pox o' your sorrow, it will do me abundance of good when I have lost my only child, my poor Sophy, that was the joy of my heart, and all the hope and comfort of my age; but I am resolved I will turn her out o' doors; she shall beg, and starve, and rot in the streets. Not one hapeny, not a hapeny shall she ever hae o' mine. The son of a bitch was always good at finding a hare sitting, an be rotted to'n: I little thought what puss he was looking after; but it shall be the worst he ever vound in his life. She shall be no better than carrion: the skin o'er is all he shall ha, and zu you may tell un.", "pos": 563163}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "I am in amazement, at what you tell me, after what passed between my nephew and the young lady no longer ago than yesterday.", "pos": 563784}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Yes, sir, it was after what passed between your nephew and she that the whole matter came out. Mr Blifil there was no sooner gone than the son of a whore came lurching about the house. Little did I think when I used to love him for a sportsman that he was all the while a poaching after my daughter.", "pos": 563930}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Why truly. I could wish you had not given him so many opportunities with her; and you will do me the justice to acknowledge that I have always been averse to his staying so much at your house, though I own I had no suspicion of this kind.", "pos": 564252}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Why, zounds, who could have thought it? What the devil had she to do wi'n? He did not come there a courting to her; he came there a hunting with me.", "pos": 564511}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "But was it possible, that you should never discern any symptoms of love between them, when you have seen them so often together?", "pos": 564679}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Never in my life, as I hope to be saved. I never so much as zeed him kiss her in all my life; and so far from courting her, he used rather to be more silent when she was in company than at any other time; and as for the girl, she was always less civil to'n than to any young man that came to the house. As to that matter, I am not more easy to be deceived than another; I would not have you think I am, neighbour. That he would have him keep the rascal away from his house, and that he would go and lock up the wench; for he was resolved to make her marry Mr Blifil in spite of her teeth. his house was in such disorder that it was necessary for him to make haste home, to take care his daughter did not give him the slip; and as for Jones, he swore if he caught him at his house, he would qualify him to run for the geldings' plate.", "pos": 564828}
{"speaker": "Blifil", "text": "Alas! sir, can it be a question what step a lover will take, when reason and passion point different ways? I am afraid it is too certain he will, in that dilemma, always follow the latter. Reason dictates to me, to quit all thoughts of a woman who places her affections on another; my passion bids me hope she may in time change her inclinations in my favour. Here, however, I conceive an objection may be raised, which, if it could not fully be answered, would totally deter me from any further pursuit. I mean the injustice of endeavouring to supplant another in a heart of which he seems already in possession; but the determined resolution of Mr Western shows that, in this case, I shall, by so doing, promote the happiness of every party; not only that of the parent, who will thus be preserved from the highest degree of misery, but of both the others, who must be undone by this match. The lady, I am sure, will be undone in every sense; for, besides the loss of most part of her own fortune, she will be not only married to a beggar, but the little fortune which her father cannot withhold from her will be squandered on that wench with whom I know he yet converses. Nay, that is a trifle; for I know him to be one of the worst men in the world; for had my dear uncle known what I have hitherto endeavoured to conceal, he must have long since abandoned so profligate a wretch.", "pos": 566531}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "How! hath he done anything worse than I already know? Tell me, I beseech you?", "pos": 567918}
{"speaker": "Blifil", "text": "No, it is now past, and perhaps he may have repented of it.", "pos": 568016}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "I command you, on your duty, to tell me what you mean.", "pos": 568096}
{"speaker": "Blifil", "text": "You know, sir. I never disobeyed you; but I am sorry I mentioned it, since it may now look like revenge, whereas, I thank Heaven, no such motive ever entered my heart; and if you oblige me to discover it, I must be his petitioner to you for your forgiveness.", "pos": 568171}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "I will have no conditions. I think I have shown tenderness enough towards him, and more perhaps than you ought to thank me for.", "pos": 568447}
{"speaker": "Blifil", "text": "More, indeed, I fear, than he deserved, for in the very day of your utmost danger, when myself and all the family were in tears, he filled the house with riot and debauchery. He drank, and sung, and roared; and when I gave him a gentle hint of the indecency of his actions, he fell into a violent passion, swore many oaths, called me rascal, and struck me.", "pos": 568599}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "How! did he dare to strike you?", "pos": 568974}
{"speaker": "Blifil", "text": "I am sure. I have forgiven him that long ago. I wish I could so easily forget his ingratitude to the best of benefactors; and yet even that I hope you will forgive him, since he must have certainly been possessed with the devil: for that very evening, as Mr Thwackum and myself were taking the air in the fields, and exulting in the good symptoms which then first began to discover themselves, we unluckily saw him engaged with a wench in a manner not fit to be mentioned. Mr Thwackum, with more boldness than prudence, advanced to rebuke him, when (I am sorry to say it) he fell upon the worthy man, and beat him so outrageously that I wish he may have yet recovered the bruises. Nor was I without my share of the effects of his malice, while I endeavoured to protect my tutor; but that I have long forgiven; nay, I prevailed with Mr Thwackum to forgive him too, and not to inform you of a secret which I feared might be fatal to him. And now, sir, since I have unadvisedly dropped a hint of this matter, and your commands have obliged me to discover the whole, let me intercede with you for him.", "pos": 569027}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "O child! I know not whether I should blame or applaud your goodness, in concealing such villany a moment: but where is Mr Thwackum? Not that I want any confirmation of what you say; but I will examine all the evidence of this matter, to justify to the world the example I am resolved to make of such a monster.", "pos": 570143}
{"speaker": "Thwackum", "text": "He is, an excellent youth: though such forgiveness of enemies is carrying the matter too far.", "pos": 570884}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "That unless he could clear himself of the charge, he was resolved to banish him his sight for ever.", "pos": 573033}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "That though he must own himself guilty of many follies and inadvertencies, he hoped he had done nothing to deserve what would be to him the greatest punishment in the world.", "pos": 573681}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "That he had forgiven him too often already, in compassion to his youth, and in hopes of his amendment: that he now found he was an abandoned reprobate, and such as it would be criminal in any one to support and encourage. Nay, your audacious attempt to steal away the young lady, calls upon me to justify my own character in punishing you. The world who have already censured the regard I have shown for you may think, with some colour at least of justice, that I connive at so base and barbarous an action--an action of which you must have known my abhorrence: and which, had you had any concern for my ease and honour, as well as for my friendship, you would never have thought of undertaking. Fie upon it, young man! indeed there is scarce any punishment equal to your crimes, and I can scarce think myself justifiable in what I am now going to bestow on you. However, as I have educated you like a child of my own, I will not turn you naked into the world. When you open this paper, therefore, you will find something which may enable you, with industry, to get an honest livelihood; but if you employ it to worse purposes, I shall not think myself obliged to supply you farther, being resolved, from this day forward, to converse no more with you on any account. I cannot avoid saying, there is no part of your conduct which I resent more than your ill-treatment of that good young man (meaning Blifil) who hath behaved with so much tenderness and honour towards you.", "pos": 573877}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Sure my father will not deny me this place to rest in!", "pos": 577215}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "MADAM. When you reflect on the situation in which I write, I am sure your good-nature will pardon any inconsistency or absurdity which my letter contains; for everything here flows from a heart so full, that no language can express its dictates. I have resolved, madam, to obey your commands, in flying for ever from your dear, your lovely sight. Cruel indeed those commands are; but it is a cruelty which proceeds from fortune, not from my Sophia. Fortune hath made it necessary, necessary to your preservation, to forget there ever was such a wretch as I am. Believe me, I would not hint all my sufferings to you, if I imagined they could possibly escape your ears. I know the goodness and tenderness of your heart, and would avoid giving you any of those pains which you always feel for the miserable. O let nothing, which you shall hear of my hard fortune, cause a moment's concern; for, after the loss of you, everything is to me a trifle.", "pos": 579508}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "O Sophia! it is hard to leave you; it is harder still to desire you to forget me; yet the sincerest love obliges me to both. Pardon my conceiving that any remembrance of me can give you disquiet; but if I am so gloriously wretched, sacrifice me every way to your relief. Think I never loved you; or think truly how little I deserve you; and learn to scorn me for a presumption which can never be too severely punished.--I am unable to say more.--May guardian angels protect you for ever!”", "pos": 580456}
{"speaker": "Black George", "text": "For sure,", "pos": 582370}
{"speaker": "George", "text": "Sir, you know you may command me whatever is in my power, and I heartily wish it was in my power to do you any service.", "pos": 582941}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "SIR, “It is impossible to express what I have felt since I saw you. Your submitting, on my account, to such cruel insults from my father, lays me under an obligation I shall ever own. As you know his temper, I beg you will, for my sake, avoid him. I wish I had any comfort to send you; but believe this, that nothing but the last violence shall ever give my hand or heart where you would be sorry to see them bestowed.”", "pos": 584452}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "O Honour! I am undone.", "pos": 588295}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "Marry forbid,", "pos": 588320}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "you are a good girl, and it is vain to attempt concealing longer my weakness from you; I have thrown away my heart on a man who hath forsaken me.", "pos": 588575}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "And is Mr Jones,", "pos": 588723}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "He hath taken his leave of me, for ever in that letter. Nay, he hath desired me to forget him. Could he have desired that if he had loved me? Could he have borne such a thought? Could he have written such a word?", "pos": 588783}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "No, certainly, ma'am, and to be sure, if the best man in England was to desire me to forget him, I'd take him at his word. Marry, come up! I am sure your la'ship hath done him too much honour ever to think on him;--a young lady who may take her choice of all the young men in the country. And to be sure, if I may be so presumptuous as to offer my poor opinion, there is young Mr Blifil, who, besides that he is come of honest parents, and will be one of the greatest squires all hereabouts, he is to be sure, in my poor opinion, a more handsomer and a more politer man by half; and besides, he is a young gentleman of a sober character, and who may defy any of the neighbours to say black is his eye; he follows no dirty trollops, nor can any bastards be laid at his door. Forget him, indeed! I thank Heaven I myself am not so much at my last prayers as to suffer any man to bid me forget him twice. If the best he that wears a head was for to go for to offer to say such an affronting word to me, I would never give him my company afterwards, if there was another young man in the kingdom. And as I was a saying, to be sure, there is young Mr Blifil.", "pos": 589013}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Name not his detested name,", "pos": 590184}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "Nay, ma'am, if your la'ship doth not like him, there be more jolly handsome young men that would court your la'ship, if they had but the least encouragement. I don't believe there is arrow young gentleman in this county, or in the next to it, that if your la'ship was but to look as if you had a mind to him, would not come about to make his offers directly.", "pos": 590228}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "What a wretch dost thou imagine me, by affronting my ears with such stuff! I detest all mankind.", "pos": 590604}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "Nay, to be sure, ma'am,", "pos": 590719}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "how dare you mention his name with disrespect before me? He use me ill? No, his poor bleeding heart suffered more when he writ the cruel words than mine from reading them. O! he is all heroic virtue and angelic goodness. I am ashamed of the weakness of my own passion, for blaming what I ought to admire. O, Honour! it is my good only which he consults. To my interest he sacrifices both himself and me. The apprehension of ruining me hath driven him to despair.", "pos": 590930}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "I am very glad, to hear your la'ship takes that into your consideration; for to be sure, it must be nothing less than ruin to give your mind to one that is turned out of doors, and is not worth a farthing in the world.", "pos": 591395}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Turned out of doors! how! what dost thou mean?", "pos": 591631}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "Why, to be sure, ma'am, my master no sooner told Squire Allworthy about Mr Jones having offered to make love to your la'ship than the squire stripped him stark naked, and turned him out of doors!", "pos": 591704}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Ha! I have been the cursed, wretched cause of his destruction! Turned naked out of doors! Here, Honour, take all the money I have; take the rings from my fingers. Here, my watch: carry him all. Go find him immediately.", "pos": 591902}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "For Heaven's sake, ma'am, do but consider, if my master should miss any of these things, I should be made to answer for them. Therefore let me beg your la'ship not to part with your watch and jewels. Besides, the money, I think, is enough of all conscience; and as for that, my master can never know anything of the matter.", "pos": 592138}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Here, then, take every farthing I am worth, find him out immediately, and give it him. Go, go, lose not a moment.", "pos": 592487}
{"speaker": "Black George", "text": "She is locked up in chamber,", "pos": 594841}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Sure, brother, you are the weakest of all men. Why will you not confide in me for the management of my niece? Why will you interpose? You have now undone all that I have been spending my breath in order to bring about. While I have been endeavouring to fill her mind with maxims of prudence, you have been provoking her to reject them. English women, brother, I thank heaven, are no slaves. We are not to be locked up like the Spanish and Italian wives. We have as good a right to liberty as yourselves. We are to be convinced by reason and persuasion only, and not governed by force. I have seen the world, brother, and know what arguments to make use of; and if your folly had not prevented me, should have prevailed with her to form her conduct by those rules of prudence and discretion which I formerly taught her. To be sure,", "pos": 595157}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Brother, you are not in the wrong, unless when you meddle with matters beyond your knowledge. You must agree that I have seen most of the world; and happy had it been for my niece if she had not been taken from under my care. It is by living at home with you that she hath learnt romantic notions of love and nonsense.", "pos": 596058}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "You don't imagine, I hope,", "pos": 596379}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Your ignorance, brother, as the great Milton says, almost subdues my patience.", "pos": 596468}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "D--n Milton! if he had the impudence to say so to my face, I'd lend him a douse, thof he was never so great a man. Patience! An you come to that, sister, I have more occasion of patience, to be used like an overgrown schoolboy, as I am by you. Do you think no one hath any understanding, unless he hath been about at court. Pox! the world is come to a fine pass indeed, if we are all fools, except a parcel of round-heads and Hanover rats. Pox! I hope the times are a coming when we shall make fools of them, and every man shall enjoy his own. That's all, sister; and every man shall enjoy his own. I hope to zee it, sister, before the Hanover rats have eat up all our corn, and left us nothing but turneps to feed upon.", "pos": 596565}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "I protest, brother, you are now got beyond my understanding. Your jargon of turneps and Hanover rats is to me perfectly unintelligible.", "pos": 597312}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "I believe, you don't care to hear o'em; but the country interest may succeed one day or other for all that.", "pos": 597464}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "I wish, you would think a little of your daughter's interest; for, believe me, she is in greater danger than the nation.", "pos": 597587}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Just now, you chid me for thinking on her, and would ha' her left to you.", "pos": 597732}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "And if you will promise to interpose no more. I will, out of my regard to my niece, undertake the charge.", "pos": 597820}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Well, do then, for you know I always agreed, that women are the properest to manage women.", "pos": 597945}
{"speaker": "Author's friends", "text": "Look'e, gentlemen, the man is a villain, but it is nature for all that.", "pos": 603099}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Well, then, I will give Mr Allworthy the only instance he requires of my obedience. I will go this moment--but whither?--why, let Fortune direct; since there is no other who thinks it of any consequence what becomes of this wretched person, it shall be a matter of equal indifference to myself. Shall I alone regard what no other--Ha! have I not reason to think there is another?--one whose value is above that of the whole world!--I may, I must imagine my Sophia is not indifferent to what becomes of me. Shall I then leave this only friend--and such a friend? Shall I not stay with her?--Where--how can I stay with her? Have I any hopes of ever seeing her, though she was as desirous as myself, without exposing her to the wrath of her father, and to what purpose? Can I think of soliciting such a creature to consent to her own ruin? Shall I indulge any passion of mine at such a price? Shall I lurk about this country like a thief, with such intentions?--No, I disdain, I detest the thought. Farewel, Sophia; farewel, most lovely, most beloved--", "pos": 607804}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "That she was very incapable of arguing with a lady of her aunt's superior knowledge and experience, especially on a subject which she had so very little considered, as this of matrimony.", "pos": 611259}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Argue with me, child! I do not indeed expect it. I should have seen the world to very little purpose truly, if I am to argue with one of your years. I have taken this trouble, in order to instruct you. The antient philosophers, such as Socrates, Alcibiades, and others, did not use to argue with their scholars. You are to consider me, child, as Socrates, not asking your opinion, but only informing you of mine.", "pos": 611448}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Madam. I have never presumed to controvert any opinion of yours; and this subject, as I said, I have never yet thought of, and perhaps never may.", "pos": 612099}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Indeed, Sophy, this dissimulation with me is very foolish. The French shall as soon persuade me that they take foreign towns in defence only of their own country, as you can impose on me to believe you have never yet thought seriously of matrimony. How can you, child, affect to deny that you have considered of contracting an alliance, when you so well know I am acquainted with the party with whom you desire to contract it?--an alliance as unnatural, and contrary to your interest, as a separate league with the French would be to the interest of the Dutch! But however, if you have not hitherto considered of this matter, I promise you it is now high time, for my brother is resolved immediately to conclude the treaty with Mr Blifil; and indeed I am a sort of guarantee in the affair, and have promised your concurrence.", "pos": 612263}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Indeed, madam, this is the only instance in which I must disobey both yourself and my father. For this is a match which requires very little consideration in me to refuse.", "pos": 613111}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "If I was not as great a philosopher as Socrates himself, you would overcome my patience. What objection can you have to the young gentleman?", "pos": 613301}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "A very solid objection, in my opinion. I hate him.", "pos": 613468}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Will you never learn a proper use of words? Indeed, child, you should consult Bailey's Dictionary. It is impossible you should hate a man from whom you have received no injury. By hatred, therefore, you mean no more than dislike, which is no sufficient objection against your marrying of him. I have known many couples, who have entirely disliked each other, lead very comfortable genteel lives. Believe me, child, I know these things better than you. You will allow me, I think, to have seen the world, in which I have not an acquaintance who would not rather be thought to dislike her husband than to like him. The contrary is such out-of-fashion romantic nonsense, that the very imagination of it is shocking.", "pos": 613536}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Indeed, madam. I shall never marry a man I dislike. If I promise my father never to consent to any marriage contrary to his inclinations, I think I may hope he will never force me into that state contrary to my own.", "pos": 614272}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Inclinations! Inclinations! I am astonished at your assurance. A young woman of your age, and unmarried, to talk of inclinations! But whatever your inclinations may be, my brother is resolved; nay, since you talk of inclinations, I shall advise him to hasten the treaty. Inclinations!", "pos": 614508}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "to have mercy upon her, and not to resent so cruelly her unwillingness to make herself miserable; that she alone was concerned, and that her happiness only was at stake.", "pos": 614947}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "So far, madam, from your being concerned alone, your concern is the least, or surely the least important. It is the honour of your family which is concerned in this alliance; you are only the instrument. Do you conceive, mistress, that in an intermarriage between kingdoms, as when a daughter of France is married into Spain, the princess herself is alone considered in the match? No! it is a match between two kingdoms, rather than between two persons. The same happens in great families such as ours. The alliance between the families is the principal matter. You ought to have a greater regard for the honour of your family than for your own person; and if the example of a princess cannot inspire you with these noble thoughts, you cannot surely complain at being used no worse than all princesses are used.", "pos": 615898}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I hope, madam. I shall never do anything to dishonour my family; but as for Mr Blifil, whatever may be the consequence, I am resolved against him, and no force shall prevail in his favour.", "pos": 616711}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "D--n me then if shatunt ha'un, d--n me if shatunt, that's all--that's all; d--n me if shatunt.", "pos": 617136}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Brother, it is astonishing that you will interfere in a matter which you had totally left to my negotiation. Regard to my family hath made me take upon myself to be the mediating power, in order to rectify those mistakes in policy which you have committed in your daughter's education. For, brother, it is you--it is your preposterous conduct which hath eradicated all the seeds that I had formerly sown in her tender mind. It is you yourself who have taught her disobedience.", "pos": 617359}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Blood! you are enough to conquer the patience of the devil! Have I ever taught my daughter disobedience?--Here she stands; speak honestly, girl, did ever I bid you be disobedient to me? Have not I done everything to humour and to gratify you, and to make you obedient to me? And very obedient to me she was when a little child, before you took her in hand and spoiled her, by filling her head with a pack of court notions. Why--why--why--did I not overhear you telling her she must behave like a princess? You have made a Whig of the girl; and how should her father, or anybody else, expect any obedience from her?", "pos": 617851}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Brother. I cannot express the contempt I have for your politics of all kinds; but I will appeal likewise to the young lady herself, whether I have ever taught her any principles of disobedience. On the contrary, niece, have I not endeavoured to inspire you with a true idea of the several relations in which a human creature stands in society? Have I not taken infinite pains to show you, that the law of nature hath enjoined a duty on children to their parents? Have I not told you what Plato says on that subject?--a subject on which you was so notoriously ignorant when you came first under my care, that I verily believe you did not know the relation between a daughter and a father.", "pos": 618511}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "'Tis a lie. The girl is no such fool, as to live to eleven years old without knowing that she was her father's relation.", "pos": 619257}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "O! more than Gothic ignorance. And as for your manners, brother, I must tell you, they deserve a cane.", "pos": 619400}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Why then you may gi' it me, if you think you are able, nay, I suppose your niece there will be ready enough to help you.", "pos": 619527}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Brother, though I despise you beyond expression, yet I shall endure your insolence no longer; so I desire my coach may be got ready immediately, for I am resolved to leave your house this very morning.", "pos": 619671}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "And a good riddance too. I can bear your insolence no longer, an you come to that. Blood! it is almost enough of itself to make my daughter undervalue my sense, when she hears you telling me every minute you despise me.", "pos": 619896}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "It is impossible, it is impossible, no one can undervalue such a boor.", "pos": 620134}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Boar. I am no boar; no, nor ass; no, nor rat neither, madam. Remember that--I am no rat. I am a true Englishman, and not of your Hanover breed, that have eat up the nation.", "pos": 620226}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Thou art one of those wise men, whose nonsensical principles have undone the nation; by weakening the hands of our government at home, and by discouraging our friends and encouraging our enemies abroad.", "pos": 620425}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Ho! are you come back to your politics? as for those I despise them as much as I do a f--t.", "pos": 620644}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "always whipt in by the humours of some d--n'd b-- or other. I think I was hard run enough by your mother for one man; but after giving her a dodge, here's another b-- follows me upon the foil; but curse my jacket if I will be run down in this manner by any o'um.", "pos": 622556}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "he expected she was ready to take the part of everybody against him, as she had always done that of the b-- her mother. What, art dumb? why dost unt speak? Was not thy mother a d--d b-- to me? answer me that. What, I suppose you despise your father too, and don't think him good enough to speak to?", "pos": 627714}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "For Heaven's sake, sir, do not give so cruel a turn to my silence. I am sure I would sooner die than be guilty of any disrespect towards you; but how can I venture to speak, when every word must either offend my dear papa, or convict me of the blackest ingratitude as well as impiety to the memory of the best of mothers; for such, I am certain, my mamma was always to me?", "pos": 628062}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "And your aunt, I suppose, is the best of sisters too! Will you be so kind as to allow that she is a b--? I may fairly insist upon that, I think?", "pos": 628456}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Indeed, sir. I have great obligations to my aunt. She hath been a second mother to me.", "pos": 628625}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "And a second wife to me too, so you will take her part too! You won't confess that she hath acted the part of the vilest sister in the world?", "pos": 628729}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Upon my word, sir. I must belie my heart wickedly if I did. I know my aunt and you differ very much in your ways of thinking; but I have heard her a thousand times express the greatest affection for you; and I am convinced, so far from her being the worst sister in the world, there are very few who love a brother better.", "pos": 628893}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "The English of all which is, that I am in the wrong. Ay, certainly. Ay, to be sure the woman is in the right, and the man in the wrong always.", "pos": 629234}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Pardon me, sir. I do not say so.", "pos": 629402}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "What don't you say? you have the impudence to say she's in the right: doth it not follow then of course that I am in the wrong? And perhaps I am in the wrong to suffer such a Presbyterian Hanoverian b-- to come into my house. She may 'dite me of a plot for anything I know, and give my estate to the government.", "pos": 629453}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "So far, sir, from injuring you or your estate, if my aunt had died yesterday, I am convinced she would have left you her whole fortune.", "pos": 629790}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "hath very violent passions, and I can't answer what she may do under their influence.", "pos": 630636}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "You can't! and pray who hath been the occasion of putting her into those violent passions? Nay, who hath actually put her into them? Was not you and she hard at it before I came into the room? Besides, was not all our quarrel about you? I have not quarrelled with sister this many years but upon your account; and now you would throw the whole blame upon me, as thof I should be the occasion of her leaving the esteate out o' the vamily. I could have expected no better indeed; this is like the return you make to all the rest of my fondness.", "pos": 630724}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I beseech you then, upon my knees I beseech you, if I have been the unhappy occasion of this difference, that you will endeavour to make it up with my aunt, and not suffer her to leave your house in this violent rage of anger: she is a very good-natured woman, and a few civil words will satisfy her. Let me entreat you, sir.", "pos": 631292}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "So I must go and ask pardon for your fault, must I? You have lost the hare, and I must draw every way to find her again? Indeed, if I was certain", "pos": 631636}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Follow her, boy, follow her; run in, run in; that's it, honeys. Dead, dead, dead. Never be bashful, nor stand shall I, shall I? Allworthy and I can finish all matters between us this afternoon, and let us ha' the wedding to-morrow.", "pos": 637046}
{"speaker": "Blifil", "text": "As there is nothing, sir, in this world which I so eagerly desire as an alliance with your family, except my union with the most amiable and deserving Sophia, you may easily imagine how impatient I must be to see myself in possession of my two highest wishes. If I have not therefore importuned you on this head, you will impute it only to my fear of offending the lady, by endeavouring to hurry on so blessed an event faster than a strict compliance with all the rules of decency and decorum will permit. But if, by your interest, sir, she might be induced to dispense with any formalities--", "pos": 637359}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Formalities! with a pox! Pooh, all stuff and nonsense! I tell thee, she shall ha' thee to-morrow: you will know the world better hereafter, when you come to my age. Women never gi' their consent, man, if they can help it, 'tis not the fashion. If I had stayed for her mother's consent, I might have been a batchelor to this day.--To her, to her, co to her, that's it, you jolly dog. I tell thee shat ha' her to-morrow morning.", "pos": 637954}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "He would on no account be accessary to forcing a young lady into a marriage contrary to her own will;", "pos": 642907}
{"speaker": "Blifil", "text": "That the real sentiments of young ladies were very difficult to be understood; that her behaviour to him was full as forward as he wished it, and that if he could believe her father, she had all the affection for him which any lover could desire. As for Jones, whom I am loth to call villain, though his behaviour to you, sir, sufficiently justifies the appellation, his own vanity, or perhaps some wicked views, might make him boast of a falsehood; for if there had been any reality in Miss Western's love to him, the greatness of her fortune would never have suffered him to desert her, as you are well informed he hath. Lastly, sir, I promise you I would not myself, for any consideration, no, not for the whole world, consent to marry this young lady, if I was not persuaded she had all the passion for me which I desire she should have.", "pos": 643024}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "O dear ma'am! what doth your la'ship think? To be sure I am frightened out of my wits; and yet I thought it my duty to tell your la'ship, though perhaps it may make you angry, for we servants don't always know what will make our ladies angry; for, to be sure, everything is always laid to the charge of a servant. When our ladies are out of humour, to be sure we must be scolded; and to be sure I should not wonder if your la'ship should be out of humour; nay, it must surprize you certainly, ay, and shock you too.", "pos": 646245}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Good Honour, let me know it without any longer preface, there are few things, I promise you, which will surprize, and fewer which will shock me.", "pos": 646776}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "Dear ma'am, to be sure, I overheard my master talking to parson Supple about getting a licence this very afternoon; and to be sure I heard him say, your la'ship should be married to-morrow morning.", "pos": 646939}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "To-morrow morning!", "pos": 647215}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "Yes, ma'am. I will take my oath I heard my master say so.", "pos": 647237}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Honour, you have both surprized and shocked me to such a degree that I have scarce any breath or spirits left. What is to be done in my dreadful situation?", "pos": 647334}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "I wish I was able to advise your la'ship,", "pos": 647508}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Do advise me, pray, dear Honour, advise me. Think what you would attempt if it was your own case.", "pos": 647562}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "Indeed, ma'am. I wish your la'ship and I could change situations; that is, I mean without hurting your la'ship; for to be sure I don't wish you so bad as to be a servant; but because that if so be it was my case, I should find no manner of difficulty in it; for, in my poor opinion, young Squire Blifil is a charming, sweet, handsome man.", "pos": 647679}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Don't mention such stuff,", "pos": 648037}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "Such stuff! why, there. Well, to be sure, what's one man's meat is another man's poison, and the same is altogether as true of women.", "pos": 648079}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Honour, rather than submit to be the wife of that contemptible wretch, I would plunge a dagger into my heart.", "pos": 648235}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "O lud! ma'am! I am sure you frighten me out of my wits now. Let me beseech your la'ship not to suffer such wicked thoughts to come into your head. O lud! to be sure I tremble every inch of me. Dear ma'am, consider, that to be denied Christian burial, and to have your corpse buried in the highway, and a stake drove through you, as farmer Halfpenny was served at Ox Cross; and, to be sure, his ghost hath walked there ever since, for several people have seen him. To be sure it can be nothing but the devil which can put such wicked thoughts into the head of anybody; for certainly it is less wicked to hurt all the world than one's own dear self; and so I have heard said by more parsons than one. If your la'ship hath such a violent aversion, and hates the young gentleman so very bad, that you can't bear to think of going into bed to him; for to be sure there may be such antipathies in nature, and one had lieverer touch a toad than the flesh of some people.", "pos": 648363}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Honour, I am come to a resolution. I am determined to leave my father's house this very night; and if you have the friendship for me which you have often professed, you will keep me company.", "pos": 649549}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "That I will, ma'am, to the world's end, but I beg your la'ship to consider the consequence before you undertake any rash action. Where can your la'ship possibly go?", "pos": 649743}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "There is, a lady of quality in London, a relation of mine, who spent several months with my aunt in the country; during all which time she treated me with great kindness, and expressed so much pleasure in my company, that she earnestly desired my aunt to suffer me to go with her to London. As she is a woman of very great note, I shall easily find her out, and I make no doubt of being very well and kindly received by her.", "pos": 649930}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "I would not have your la'ship too confident of that, for the first lady I lived with used to invite people very earnestly to her house; but if she heard afterwards they were coming, she used to get out of the way. Besides, though this lady would be very glad to see your la'ship, as to be sure anybody would be glad to see your la'ship, yet when she hears your la'ship is run away from my master--", "pos": 650376}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "You are mistaken, Honour, she looks upon the authority of a father in a much lower light than I do; for she pressed me violently to go to London with her, and when I refused to go without my father's consent, she laughed me to scorn, called me silly country girl, and said, I should make a pure loving wife, since I could be so dutiful a daughter. So I have no doubt but she will both receive me and protect me too, till my father, finding me out of his power, can be brought to some reason.", "pos": 650792}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "Well, but, ma'am, how doth your la'ship think of making your escape? Where will you get any horses or conveyance? For as for your own horse, as all the servants know a little how matters stand between my master and your la'ship, Robin will be hanged before he will suffer it to go out of the stable without my master's express orders.", "pos": 651300}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I intend to escape, by walking out of the doors when they are open. I thank Heaven my legs are very able to carry me. They have supported me many a long evening", "pos": 651656}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "Yes, to be sure. I will follow your la'ship through the world; but your la'ship had almost as good be alone: for I should not be able to defend you, if any robbers, or other villains, should meet with you. Nay, I should be in as horrible a fright as your la'ship; for to be certain, they would ravish us both. Besides, ma'am, consider how cold the nights are now; we shall be frozen to death.", "pos": 651835}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "A good brisk pace, will preserve us from the cold; and if you cannot defend me from a villain, Honour, I will defend you; for I will take a pistol with me. There are two always charged in the hall.", "pos": 652247}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "Dear ma'am, you frighten me more and more, sure your la'ship would not venture to fire it off! I had rather run any chance than your la'ship should do that.", "pos": 652467}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Why so? would not you, Honour, fire a pistol at any one who should attack your virtue?", "pos": 652643}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "To be sure, ma'am, one's virtue is a dear thing, especially to us poor servants; for it is our livelihood, as a body may say: yet I mortally hate fire-arms; for so many accidents happen by them.", "pos": 652757}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Well, well. I believe I may ensure your virtue at a very cheap rate, without carrying any arms with us; for I intend to take horses at the very first town we come to, and we shall hardly be attacked in our way thither. Look'ee, Honour, I am resolved to go; and if you will attend me, I promise you I will reward you to the very utmost of my power.", "pos": 652971}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "O, ma'am, your la'ship may trust that to me; we servants very well know how to obtain this favour of our masters and mistresses; though sometimes, indeed, where they owe us more wages than they can readily pay, they will put up with all our affronts, and will hardly take any warning we can give them; but the squire is none of those; and since your la'ship is resolved upon setting out to-night, I warrant I get discharged this afternoon.", "pos": 654841}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "Soh, madam, I find we are to have the pleasure of your company longer, which I was afraid the quarrel between my master and your lady would have robbed us of.", "pos": 659380}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western's maid", "text": "I don't know, madam, what you mean by we and us. I assure you I do not look on any of the servants in this house to be proper company for me. I am company, I hope, for their betters every day in the week. I do not speak on your account, Mrs Honour; for you are a civilized young woman; and when you have seen a little more of the world, I should not be ashamed to walk with you in St James's Park.", "pos": 659542}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "Hoity toity! madam is in her airs, I protest. Mrs Honour, forsooth! sure, madam, you might call me by my sir-name; for though my lady calls me Honour, I have a sir-name as well as other folks. Ashamed to walk with me, quotha! marry, as good as yourself, I hope.", "pos": 659965}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western's maid", "text": "Since you make such a return to my civility. I must acquaint you, Mrs Honour, that you are not so good as me. In the country, indeed, one is obliged to take up with all kind of trumpery; but in town I visit none but the women of women of quality. Indeed, Mrs Honour, there is some difference, I hope, between you and me.", "pos": 660246}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "I hope so too, there is some difference in our ages, and--I think in our persons.", "pos": 660588}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western's maid", "text": "Creature! you are below my anger; and it is beneath me to give ill words to such an audacious saucy trollop; but, hussy, I must tell you, your breeding shows the meanness of your birth as well as of your education; and both very properly qualify you to be the mean serving-woman of a country girl.", "pos": 660968}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "Don't abuse my lady. I won't take that of you; she's as much better than yours as she is younger, and ten thousand times more handsomer.", "pos": 661269}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western's maid", "text": "And, madam. I could have despised all she said to me; but she hath had the audacity to affront your ladyship, and to call you ugly--Yes, madam, she called you ugly old cat to my face. I could not bear to hear your ladyship called ugly.", "pos": 661727}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Why do you repeat her impudence so often? How she had the assurance to mention her name with disrespect?", "pos": 661983}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "Disrespect, madam! I never mentioned your name at all: I said somebody was not as handsome as my mistress, and to be sure you know that as well as I.", "pos": 662157}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Hussy. I will make such a saucy trollop as yourself know that I am not a proper subject of your discourse. And if my brother doth not discharge you this moment, I will never sleep in his house again. I will find him out, and have you discharged this moment.", "pos": 662329}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "Discharged! and suppose I am: there are more places in the world than one. Thank Heaven, good servants need not want places; and if you turn away all who do not think you handsome, you will want servants very soon; let me tell you that.", "pos": 662610}
{"speaker": "Highwayman", "text": "Such handsome b--s as you don't want jewels to set them off, and be d--n'd to you.", "pos": 664511}
{"speaker": "the clerk", "text": "for I am afraid, sir, you cannot legally commit any one to Bridewell only for ill-breeding.", "pos": 665308}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "as there was no breaking up of the peace, such as the law, calls breaking open a door, or breaking a hedge, or breaking a head, or any such sort of breaking, the matter did not amount to a felonious kind of a thing, nor trespasses, nor damages, and, therefore, there was no punishment in the law for it.", "pos": 666358}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "she knew the law much better; that she had known servants very severely punished for affronting their masters; who, would commit a servant to Bridewell at any time when a master or mistress desired it.", "pos": 666693}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Like enough, it may be so in London; but the law is different in the country.", "pos": 666968}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "You know, sir, I must not, nor can, refuse to obey any absolute command of yours", "pos": 669688}
{"speaker": "the fellow", "text": "Whence did you come?", "pos": 673770}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "No matter. I want to know if this be the road to Bristol?", "pos": 673811}
{"speaker": "the fellow", "text": "The road to Bristol! why, measter, I believe you will hardly get to Bristol this way to-night.", "pos": 673904}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Prithee, friend, then, do tell us which is the way.", "pos": 674043}
{"speaker": "the fellow", "text": "Why, measter, you must be come out of your road the Lord knows whither; for thick way goeth to Glocester.", "pos": 674116}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Well, and which way goes to Bristol?", "pos": 674245}
{"speaker": "the fellow", "text": "Why, you be going away from Bristol,", "pos": 674296}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Then, we must go back again?", "pos": 674356}
{"speaker": "the fellow", "text": "Ay, you must,", "pos": 674402}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Well, and when we come back to the top of the hill, which way must we take?", "pos": 674435}
{"speaker": "the fellow", "text": "Why, you must keep the strait road.", "pos": 674514}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "But I remember there are two roads, one to the right and the other to the left.", "pos": 674553}
{"speaker": "the fellow", "text": "Why, you must keep the right-hand road, and then gu strait vorwards; only remember to turn vurst to your right, and then to your left again, and then to your right, and that brings you to the squire's; and then you must keep strait vorwards, and turn to the left.", "pos": 674636}
{"speaker": "Another fellow", "text": "That he must keep the right-hand road for about a mile, or a mile and a half, or such a matter, and then he must turn short to the left, which would bring him round by Measter Jin Bearnes's.", "pos": 675107}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "But which is Mr John Bearnes's?", "pos": 675301}
{"speaker": "the fellow", "text": "O Lord! why, don't you know Measter Jin Bearnes? Whence then did you come?", "pos": 675347}
{"speaker": "the Quaker", "text": "Friend, I perceive thou hast lost thy way; and if thou wilt take my advice, thou wilt not attempt to find it to-night. It is almost dark, and the road is difficult to hit; besides, there have been several robberies committed lately between this and Bristol. Here is a very creditable good house just by, where thou may'st find good entertainment for thyself and thy cattle till morning.", "pos": 675581}
{"speaker": "the landlord", "text": "He hoped he would excuse the badness of his accommodation; for that his wife was gone from home, and had locked up almost everything, and carried the keys along with her.", "pos": 676159}
{"speaker": "the Quaker", "text": "Friend, I perceive some sad disaster hath befallen thee; but pray be of comfort. Perhaps thou hast lost a friend. If so, thou must consider we are all mortal. And why shouldst thou grieve, when thou knowest thy grief will do thy friend no good? We are all born to affliction. I myself have my sorrows as well as thee, and most probably greater sorrows. Though I have a clear estate of £100 a year, which is as much as I want, and I have a conscience, I thank the Lord, void of offence; my constitution is sound and strong, and there is no man can demand a debt of me, nor accuse me of an injury; yet, friend, I should be concerned to think thee as miserable as myself.", "pos": 677406}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I am very sorry, sir, for your unhappiness, whatever is the occasion of it.", "pos": 678147}
{"speaker": "the Quaker", "text": "Ah! friend, one only daughter is the occasion; one who was my greatest delight upon earth, and who within this week is run away from me, and is married against my consent. I had provided her a proper match, a sober man and one of substance; but she, forsooth, would chuse for herself, and away she is gone with a young fellow not worth a groat. If she had been dead, as I suppose thy friend is, I should have been happy.", "pos": 678226}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "That is very strange, sir,", "pos": 678672}
{"speaker": "the Quaker", "text": "Why, would it not be better for her to be dead, than to be a beggar? for, as I told you, the fellow is not worth a groat; and surely she cannot expect that I shall ever give her a shilling. No, as she hath married for love, let her live on love if she can; let her carry her love to market, and see whether any one will change it into silver, or even into halfpence.", "pos": 678713}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "You know your own concerns best, sir,", "pos": 679105}
{"speaker": "the Quaker", "text": "It must have been, a long premeditated scheme to cheat me: for they have known one another from their infancy; and I always preached to her against love, and told her a thousand times over it was all folly and wickedness. Nay, the cunning slut pretended to hearken to me, and to despise all wantonness of the flesh; and yet at last broke out at a window two pair of stairs: for I began, indeed, a little to suspect her, and had locked her up carefully, intending the very next morning to have married her up to my liking. But she disappointed me within a few hours, and escaped away to the lover of her own chusing; who lost no time, for they were married and bedded and all within an hour. But it shall be the worst hour's work for them both that ever they did; for they may starve, or beg, or steal together, for me. I will never give either of them a farthing.", "pos": 679157}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I really must be excused: I wish you would leave me.", "pos": 680077}
{"speaker": "the Quaker", "text": "Come, come, friend, don't give way to concern. You see there are other people miserable besides yourself.", "pos": 680133}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I see there are madmen, and fools, and villains in the world. But let me give you a piece of advice: send for your daughter and son-in-law home, and don't be yourself the only cause of misery to one you pretend to love.", "pos": 680261}
{"speaker": "the Quaker", "text": "Send for her and her husband home! I would sooner send for the two greatest enemies I have in the world!", "pos": 680499}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Well, go home yourself, or where you please, for I will sit no longer in such company.", "pos": 680634}
{"speaker": "the Quaker", "text": "Nay, friend. I scorn to impose my company on any one.", "pos": 680738}
{"speaker": "the landlord", "text": "Indeed. I shall use no such civility towards him; for it seems, for all his laced waistcoat there, he is no more a gentleman than myself, but a poor parish bastard, bred up at a great squire's about thirty miles off, and now turned out of doors (not for any good to be sure). I shall get him out of my house as soon as possible. If I do lose my reckoning, the first loss is always the best. It is not above a year ago that I lost a silver spoon.", "pos": 681475}
{"speaker": "the Quaker", "text": "What dost thou talk of a parish bastard, Robin? Thou must certainly be mistaken in thy man.", "pos": 681944}
{"speaker": "Robin", "text": "Not at all, the guide, who knows him very well, told it me.", "pos": 682061}
{"speaker": "the landlord", "text": "He shall pay the whole reckoning, which indeed amounted to no more than three shillings and fourpence.", "pos": 686904}
{"speaker": "Company", "text": "God bless King George and your honour; We will stand by you both to the last drops of our blood.", "pos": 688392}
{"speaker": "Guide", "text": "Sir, I hope you will consider that the horses have been kept out all night, and we have travelled a great ways out of our way.", "pos": 688863}
{"speaker": "Landlord", "text": "Ay, ay, he is a pure one, I warrant you. A pretty gentleman, indeed, to go for a soldier! He shall wear a laced wastecoat truly. It is an old proverb and a true one, all is not gold that glisters. I am glad my house is well rid of him.", "pos": 689628}
{"speaker": "Lieutenant", "text": "Sir, my serjeant informed me that you are desirous of enlisting in the company I have at present under my command; if so, sir, we shall very gladly receive a gentleman who promises to do much honour to the company by bearing arms in it.", "pos": 691842}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "That he had not mentioned anything of enlisting himself; that he was most zealously attached to the glorious cause for which they were going to fight, and was very desirous of serving as a volunteer;", "pos": 692097}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "and yet, notwithstanding all their vociferation, I dare swear they will behave more like Grecians than Trojans when they come to the enemy.", "pos": 695273}
{"speaker": "Ensign", "text": "Grecians and Trojans! who the devil are they? I have heard of all the troops in Europe, but never of any such as these.", "pos": 695427}
{"speaker": "Lieutenant", "text": "Don't pretend to more ignorance than you have, Mr Northerton. I suppose you have heard of the Greeks and Trojans, though perhaps you never read Pope's Homer; who, I remember, now the gentleman mentions it, compares the march of the Trojans to the cackling of geese, and greatly commends the silence of the Grecians. And upon my honour there is great justice in the cadet's observation.", "pos": 695576}
{"speaker": "French Lieutenant", "text": "Begar, me remember dem ver well, me ave read them at school in dans Madam Daciere, des Greek, des Trojan, dey fight for von woman--ouy, ouy, me ave read all dat.", "pos": 695994}
{"speaker": "Northerton", "text": "D--n Homo with all my heart. I have the marks of him on my a-- yet. There's Thomas, of our regiment, always carries a Homo in his pocket; d--n me, if ever I come at it, if I don't burn it. And there's Corderius, another d--n'd son of a whore, that hath got me many a flogging.", "pos": 696188}
{"speaker": "Lieutenant", "text": "Then you have been at school, Mr Northerton?", "pos": 696486}
{"speaker": "Northerton", "text": "Ay, d--n me, have I, the devil take my father for sending me thither! The old put wanted to make a parson of me, but d--n me, thinks I to myself, I'll nick you there, old cull; the devil a smack of your nonsense shall you ever get into me. There's Jemmy Oliver, of our regiment, he narrowly escaped being a pimp too, and that would have been a thousand pities; for d--n me if he is not one of the prettiest fellows in the whole world; but he went farther than I with the old cull, for Jimmey can neither write nor read.", "pos": 696554}
{"speaker": "Lieutenant", "text": "You give your friend a very good character, and a very deserved one, I dare say. But prithee, Northerton, leave off that foolish as well as wicked custom of swearing; for you are deceived, I promise you, if you think there is wit or politeness in it. I wish, too, you would take my advice, and desist from abusing the clergy. Scandalous names, and reflections cast on any body of men, must be always unjustifiable; but especially so, when thrown on so sacred a function; for to abuse the body is to abuse the function itself; and I leave to you to judge how inconsistent such behaviour is in men who are going to fight in defence of the Protestant religion.", "pos": 697091}
{"speaker": "Mr Adderly", "text": "O, Monsieur, on ne parle pas de la religion dans la guerre.", "pos": 697942}
{"speaker": "Northerton", "text": "Well said, Jack, if la religion was the only matter, the parsons should fight their own battles for me.", "pos": 698005}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I don't know, gentlemen, what may be your opinion; but I think no man can engage in a nobler cause than that of his religion; and I have observed, in the little I have read of history, that no soldiers have fought so bravely as those who have been inspired with a religious zeal: for my own part, though I love my king and country, I hope, as well as any man in it, yet the Protestant interest is no small motive to my becoming a volunteer in the cause.", "pos": 698131}
{"speaker": "Northerton", "text": "Smoke the prig, Adderly, smoke him. I am very glad, sir, you have chosen our regiment to be a volunteer in; for if our parson should at any time take a cup too much, I find you can supply his place. I presume, sir, you have been at the university; may I crave the favour to know what college?", "pos": 698663}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Sir, so far from having been at the university, I have even had the advantage of yourself, for I was never at school.", "pos": 698996}
{"speaker": "Northerton", "text": "I presumed, only upon the information of your great learning.", "pos": 699134}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Oh! sir, it is as possible for a man to know something without having been at school, as it is to have been at school and to know nothing.", "pos": 699219}
{"speaker": "Lieutenant", "text": "Well said, young volunteer. Upon my word, Northerton, you had better let him alone; for he will be too hard for you.", "pos": 699378}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Sophia.", "pos": 699964}
{"speaker": "Lieutenant", "text": "he must have her sir-name;", "pos": 700185}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Miss Sophia Western.", "pos": 700275}
{"speaker": "Northerton", "text": "I knew one Sophy Western, that was lain with by half the young fellows at Bath; and perhaps this is the same woman. Ay, ay, and so she is: d--n me, it is the same woman; and I'll hold half a dozen of Burgundy, Tom French of our regiment brings her into company with us at any tavern in Bridges-street. that her father had a great estate in Somersetshire.", "pos": 700429}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Pray, sir, chuse some other subject for your wit; for I promise you I will bear no jesting with this lady's character.", "pos": 701568}
{"speaker": "Northerton", "text": "Jesting! d--n me if ever I was more in earnest in my life. Tom French of our regiment had both her and her aunt at Bath.", "pos": 701689}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Then I must tell you in earnest, that you are one of the most impudent rascals upon earth.", "pos": 701831}
{"speaker": "Northerton", "text": "Zounds! I was but in jest with the fellow. I never heard any harm of Miss Western in my life.", "pos": 702623}
{"speaker": "Lieutenant", "text": "Have not you? then you richly deserve to be hanged, as well for making such jests, as for using such a weapon: you are my prisoner, sir; nor shall you stir from hence till a proper guard comes to secure you.", "pos": 702730}
{"speaker": "French Lieutenant", "text": "Begar, me no tush the Engliseman de mort: me have heard de Englise ley, law, what you call, hang up de man dat tush him last.", "pos": 703718}
{"speaker": "Company", "text": "Call the barber;", "pos": 706685}
{"speaker": "the landlady", "text": "I am afraid, sir, this young man did not behave himself as well as he should do to your honours; and if he had been killed, I suppose he had but his desarts: to be sure, when gentlemen admit inferior parsons into their company, they oft to keep their distance; but, as my first husband used to say, few of 'em know how to do it. For my own part, I am sure I should not have suffered any fellows to include themselves into gentlemen's company; but I thoft he had been an officer himself, till the serjeant told me he was but a recruit.", "pos": 708107}
{"speaker": "the lieutenant", "text": "Landlady, you mistake the whole matter. The young man behaved himself extremely well, and is, I believe, a much better gentleman than the ensign who abused him. If the young fellow dies, the man who struck him will have most reason to be sorry for it: for the regiment will get rid of a very troublesome fellow, who is a scandal to the army; and if he escapes from the hands of justice, blame me, madam, that's all.", "pos": 708656}
{"speaker": "the landlady", "text": "Ay! ay! good lack-a-day! who could have thoft it? Ay, ay, ay, I am satisfied your honour will see justice done; and to be sure it oft to be to every one. Gentlemen oft not to kill poor folks without answering for it. A poor man hath a soul to be saved, as well as his betters.", "pos": 709101}
{"speaker": "the lieutenant", "text": "Indeed, madam, you do the volunteer wrong: I dare swear he is more of a gentleman than the officer.", "pos": 709401}
{"speaker": "the landlady", "text": "Ay! why, look you there, now: well, my first husband was a wise man; he used to say, you can't always know the inside by the outside. Nay, that might have been well enough too; for I never saw'd him till he was all over blood. Who would have thoft it? mayhap, some young gentleman crossed in love. Good lack-a-day, if he should die, what a concern it will be to his parents! why, sure the devil must possess the wicked wretch to do such an act. To be sure, he is a scandal to the army, as your honour says; for most of the gentlemen of the army that ever I saw, are quite different sort of people, and look as if they would scorn to spill any Christian blood as much as any men: I mean, that is, in a civil way, as my first husband used to say. To be sure, when they come into the wars, there must be bloodshed: but that they are not to be blamed for. The more of our enemies they kill there, the better: and I wish, with all my heart, they could kill every mother's son of them.", "pos": 709526}
{"speaker": "the lieutenant", "text": "O fie, madam! all is rather too bloody-minded a wish.", "pos": 710530}
{"speaker": "the landlady", "text": "Not at all, sir. I am not at all bloody-minded, only to our enemies; and there is no harm in that. To be sure it is natural for us to wish our enemies dead, that the wars may be at an end, and our taxes be lowered; for it is a dreadful thing to pay as we do. Why now, there is above forty shillings for window-lights, and yet we have stopt up all we could; we have almost blinded the house, I am sure. Says I to the exciseman, says I, I think you oft to favour us; I am sure we are very good friends to the government: and so we are for sartain, for we pay a mint of money to 'um. And yet I often think to myself the government doth not imagine itself more obliged to us, than to those that don't pay 'um a farthing. Ay, ay, it is the way of the world.", "pos": 710618}
{"speaker": "the surgeon", "text": "Better, I believe, than he would have been by this time, if I had not been called; and even as it is, perhaps it would have been lucky if I could have been called sooner.", "pos": 711548}
{"speaker": "the lieutenant", "text": "I hope, sir, the skull is not fractured.", "pos": 711722}
{"speaker": "the surgeon", "text": "Hum, fractures are not always the most dangerous symptoms. Contusions and lacerations are often attended with worse phaenomena, and with more fatal consequences, than fractures. People who know nothing of the matter conclude, if the skull is not fractured, all is well; whereas, I had rather see a man's skull broke all to pieces, than some contusions I have met with.", "pos": 711789}
{"speaker": "the lieutenant", "text": "I hope, there are no such symptoms here.", "pos": 712182}
{"speaker": "the surgeon", "text": "Symptoms, are not always regular nor constant. I have known very unfavourable symptoms in the morning change to favourable ones at noon, and return to unfavourable again at night. Of wounds, indeed, it is rightly and truly said, Nemo repente fuit turpissimus. I was once, I remember, called to a patient who had received a violent contusion in his tibia, by which the exterior cutis was lacerated, so that there was a profuse sanguinary discharge; and the interior membranes were so divellicated, that the os or bone very plainly appeared through the aperture of the vulnus or wound. Some febrile symptoms intervening at the same time (for the pulse was exuberant and indicated much phlebotomy), I apprehended an immediate mortification. To prevent which, I presently made a large orifice in the vein of the left arm, whence I drew twenty ounces of blood; which I expected to have found extremely sizy and glutinous, or indeed coagulated, as it is in pleuretic complaints; but, to my surprize, it appeared rosy and florid, and its consistency differed little from the blood of those in perfect health. I then applied a fomentation to the part, which highly answered the intention; and after three or four times dressing, the wound began to discharge a thick pus or matter, by which means the cohesion--But perhaps I do not make myself perfectly well understood?", "pos": 712249}
{"speaker": "the lieutenant", "text": "No, really. I cannot say I understand a syllable.", "pos": 713638}
{"speaker": "the surgeon", "text": "Well, sir, then I shall not tire your patience; in short, within six weeks my patient was able to walk upon his legs as perfectly as he could have done before he received the contusion.", "pos": 713718}
{"speaker": "the lieutenant", "text": "I wish, sir, you would be so kind only to inform me, whether the wound this young gentleman hath had the misfortune to receive, is likely to prove mortal.", "pos": 713927}
{"speaker": "the surgeon", "text": "Sir, to say whether a wound will prove mortal or not at first dressing, would be very weak and foolish presumption: we are all mortal, and symptoms often occur in a cure which the greatest of our profession could never foresee.", "pos": 714108}
{"speaker": "the lieutenant", "text": "But do you think him in danger?", "pos": 714363}
{"speaker": "the surgeon", "text": "In danger! ay, surely, who is there among us, who, in the most perfect health, can be said not to be in danger? Can a man, therefore, with so bad a wound as this be said to be out of danger? All I can say at present is, that it is well I was called as I was, and perhaps it would have been better if I had been called sooner. I will see him again early in the morning; and in the meantime let him be kept extremely quiet, and drink liberally of water-gruel.", "pos": 714414}
{"speaker": "the landlady", "text": "Won't you allow him sack-whey?", "pos": 714895}
{"speaker": "the surgeon", "text": "Ay, ay, sack-whey, if you will, provided it be very small.", "pos": 714948}
{"speaker": "the landlady", "text": "And a little chicken broth too?", "pos": 715030}
{"speaker": "the surgeon", "text": "Yes, yes, chicken broth, is very good.", "pos": 715076}
{"speaker": "the landlady", "text": "Mayn't I make him some jellies too?", "pos": 715137}
{"speaker": "the surgeon", "text": "Ay, ay, jellies are very good for wounds, for they promote cohesion.", "pos": 715195}
{"speaker": "the lieutenant", "text": "I should be very glad, if you was as well as you fancy yourself, for then you could be able to do yourself justice immediately; for when a matter can't be made up, as in case of a blow, the sooner you take him out the better; but I am afraid you think yourself better than you are, and he would have too much advantage over you.", "pos": 716840}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I'll try, however, if you please, and will be so kind to lend me a sword, for I have none here of my own.", "pos": 717195}
{"speaker": "the lieutenant", "text": "My sword is heartily at your service, my dear boy, you are a brave lad, and I love your spirit; but I fear your strength; for such a blow, and so much loss of blood, must have very much weakened you; and though you feel no want of strength in your bed, yet you most probably would after a thrust or two. I can't consent to your taking him out tonight; but I hope you will be able to come up with us before we get many days' march advance; and I give you my honour you shall have satisfaction, or the man who hath injured you shan't stay in our regiment.", "pos": 717321}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I wish, it was possible to decide this matter to-night: now you have mentioned it to me, I shall not be able to rest.", "pos": 717914}
{"speaker": "the lieutenant", "text": "Oh, never think of it, a few days will make no difference. The wounds of honour are not like those in your body: they suffer nothing by the delay of cure. It will be altogether as well for you to receive satisfaction a week hence as now.", "pos": 718048}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "But suppose. I should grow worse, and die of the consequences of my present wound?", "pos": 718310}
{"speaker": "the lieutenant", "text": "Then your honour, will require no reparation at all. I myself will do justice to your character, and testify to the world your intention to have acted properly, if you had recovered.", "pos": 718409}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Still. I am concerned at the delay. I am almost afraid to mention it to you who are a soldier; but though I have been a very wild young fellow, still in my most serious moments, and at the bottom, I am really a Christian.", "pos": 718621}
{"speaker": "the lieutenant", "text": "So am I too, I assure you,", "pos": 718862}
{"speaker": "Lieutenant", "text": "and so zealous a one, that I was pleased with you at dinner for taking up the cause of your religion; and I am a little offended with you now, young gentleman, that you should express a fear of declaring your faith before any one.", "pos": 718909}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "But how terrible must it be, to any one who is really a Christian, to cherish malice in his breast, in opposition to the command of Him who hath expressly forbid it? How can I bear to do this on a sick-bed? Or how shall I make up my account, with such an article as this in my bosom against me?", "pos": 719142}
{"speaker": "Lieutenant", "text": "Why, I believe there is such a command, but a man of honour can't keep it. And you must be a man of honour, if you will be in the army. I remember I once put the case to our chaplain over a bowl of punch, and he confessed there was much difficulty in it; but he said, he hoped there might be a latitude granted to soldiers in this one instance; and to be sure it is our duty to hope so; for who would bear to live without his honour? No, no, my dear boy, be a good Christian as long as you live; but be a man of honour too, and never put up an affront; not all the books, nor all the parsons in the world, shall ever persuade me to that. I love my religion very well, but I love my honour more. There must be some mistake in the wording the text, or in the translation, or in the understanding it, or somewhere or other. But however that be, a man must run the risque, for he must preserve his honour. So compose yourself to-night, and I promise you you shall have an opportunity of doing yourself justice.", "pos": 719454}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "For which. I will give you any reasonable price; nor do I insist upon its being silver-hilted; only a good blade, and such as may become a soldier's thigh.", "pos": 722610}
{"speaker": "the serjeant", "text": "Sir. I believe I can fit you. I have a most excellent piece of stuff by me. It is not indeed silver-hilted, which, as you say, doth not become a soldier; but the handle is decent enough, and the blade one of the best in Europe. It is a blade that--a blade that--in short, I will fetch it you this instant, and you shall see it and handle it. I am glad to see your honour so well with all my heart. that the blade was taken from a French officer, of very high rank, at the battle of Dettingen. I took it myself, from his side, after I had knocked him o' the head. The hilt was a golden one. That I sold to one of our fine gentlemen; for there are some of them, an't please your honour, who value the hilt of a sword more than the blade.", "pos": 723177}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Twenty guineas! sure you think I am mad, or that I never saw a sword in my life. Twenty guineas, indeed! I did not imagine you would endeavour to impose upon me. Here, take the sword--No, now I think on't, I will keep it myself, and show it your officer in the morning, acquainting him, at the same time, what a price you asked me for it.", "pos": 724564}
{"speaker": "the serjeant", "text": "I am certain, sir, I have not asked you so much out of the way. Besides, you are to consider, it is the only sword I have, and I must run the risque of my officer's displeasure, by going without one myself. And truly, putting all this together, I don't think twenty shillings was so much out of the way.", "pos": 725196}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Twenty shillings! why, you just now asked me twenty guineas.", "pos": 725502}
{"speaker": "the serjeant", "text": "How! sure your honour must have mistaken me: or else I mistook myself--and indeed I am but half awake. Twenty guineas, indeed! no wonder your honour flew into such a passion. I say twenty guineas too. No, no, I mean twenty shillings, I assure you. And when your honour comes to consider everything, I hope you will not think that so extravagant a price. It is indeed true, you may buy a weapon which looks as well for less money. But----", "pos": 725581}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I will be so far from making any words with you, that I will give you a shilling more than your demand.", "pos": 726079}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Very well, and in what cause do I venture my life? Why, in that of my honour. And who is this human being? A rascal who hath injured and insulted me without provocation. But is not revenge forbidden by Heaven? Yes, but it is enjoined by the world. Well, but shall I obey the world in opposition to the express commands of Heaven? Shall I incur the Divine displeasure rather than be called--ha--coward--scoundrel?--I'll think no more; I am resolved, and must fight him.", "pos": 727075}
{"speaker": "the soldier", "text": "I am a dead man, that's all, I am a dead man, I can't recover it, I have seen him.", "pos": 731720}
{"speaker": "one of the soldiers", "text": "What hast thou seen, Jack?", "pos": 731805}
{"speaker": "the soldier", "text": "Why, I have seen the young volunteer that was killed yesterday.", "pos": 731860}
{"speaker": "a serjeant", "text": "Young man, you will hear more of this, for going to sleep and dreaming on your post.", "pos": 732518}
{"speaker": "the soldier", "text": "You may punish me if you please; but I was as broad awake as I am now; and the devil carry me away, as he hath the ensign, if I did not see the dead man, as I tell you, with eyes as big and as fiery as two large flambeaux.", "pos": 732626}
{"speaker": "the mistress", "text": "Joe, don't you hear the gentleman's bell ring? Why don't you go up?", "pos": 740206}
{"speaker": "the drawer", "text": "It is not my business, to wait upon the chambers--it is Betty Chambermaid's.", "pos": 740298}
{"speaker": "the maid", "text": "If you come to that, it is not my business to wait upon gentlemen. I have done it indeed sometimes; but the devil fetch me if ever I do again, since you make your preambles about it.", "pos": 740401}
{"speaker": "the drawer", "text": "If you do, madam. I can't help it. I won't do another servant's business.", "pos": 740772}
{"speaker": "the lieutenant", "text": "Come, I will put an end to this contention;", "pos": 741104}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "who, I am confident, is as innocent of the ensign's escape, as he is of forging any lie, or of endeavouring to impose on you.", "pos": 742150}
{"speaker": "the lieutenant", "text": "Why, as you have cleared the fellow of one part of the charge, so it will be impossible to prove the other, because he was not the only centinel. But I have a good mind to punish the rascal for being a coward. Yet who knows what effect the terror of such an apprehension may have? and, to say the truth, he hath always behaved well against an enemy. Come, it is a good thing to see any sign of religion in these fellows; so I promise you he shall be set at liberty when we march. But hark, the general beats. My dear boy, give me another buss. Don't discompose nor hurry yourself; but remember the Christian doctrine of patience, and I warrant you will soon be able to do yourself justice, and to take an honourable revenge on the fellow who hath injured you.", "pos": 742348}
{"speaker": "one of the ladies", "text": "Good God! if the man that murdered Mr Derby was now present!", "pos": 752826}
{"speaker": "the landlady", "text": "La! sir,", "pos": 760124}
{"speaker": "Landlady", "text": "I think it is great pity that such a pretty young gentleman should under-value himself so, as to go about with these soldier fellows. They call themselves gentlemen, I warrant you; but, as my first husband used to say, they should remember it is we that pay them. And to be sure it is very hard upon us to be obliged to pay them, and to keep 'um too, as we publicans are. I had twenty of 'um last night, besides officers: nay, for matter o' that, I had rather have the soldiers than officers: for nothing is ever good enough for those sparks; and I am sure, if you was to see the bills; la! sir, it is nothing. I have had less trouble, I warrant you, with a good squire's family, where we take forty or fifty shillings of a night, besides horses. And yet I warrants me, there is narrow a one of those officer fellows but looks upon himself to be as good as arrow a squire of £500 a year. To be sure it doth me good to hear their men run about after 'um, crying your honour, and your honour. Marry come up with such honour, and an ordinary at a shilling a head. Then there's such swearing among 'um, to be sure it frightens me out o' my wits: I thinks nothing can ever prosper with such wicked people. And here one of 'um has used you in so barbarous a manner. I thought indeed how well the rest would secure him; they all hang together; for if you had been in danger of death, which I am glad to see you are not, it would have been all as one to such wicked people. They would have let the murderer go. Laud have mercy upon 'um; I would not have such a sin to answer for, for the whole world. But though you are likely, with the blessing, to recover, there is laa for him yet; and if you will employ lawyer Small, I darest be sworn he'll make the fellow fly the country for him; though perhaps he'll have fled the country before; for it is here to-day and gone to-morrow with such chaps. I hope, however, you will learn more wit for the future, and return back to your friends; I warrant they are all miserable for your loss; and if they was but to know what had happened--La, my seeming! I would not for the world they should. Come, come, we know very well what all the matter is; but if one won't, another will; so pretty a gentleman need never want a lady. I am sure, if I was you, I would see the finest she that ever wore a head hanged, before I would go for a soldier for her.--Nay, don't blush so How Do I! ay marry many's the time hath she lain in this house.", "pos": 760145}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "With her aunt, I suppose,", "pos": 762827}
{"speaker": "Landlady", "text": "Why, there it is now. Ay, ay, ay, I know the old lady very well. And a sweet young creature is Madam Sophia, that's the truth on't.", "pos": 762867}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "A sweet creature. O heavens! And could I ever have imagined that you had known my Sophia!", "pos": 763024}
{"speaker": "Landlady", "text": "I wish, you knew half so much of her. What would you have given to have sat by her bed-side? What a delicious neck she hath! Her lovely limbs have stretched themselves in that very bed you now lie in.", "pos": 763295}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Here! hath Sophia ever laid here?", "pos": 763520}
{"speaker": "Landlady", "text": "Ay, ay, here; there, in that very bed, where I wish you had her this moment; and she may wish so too for anything I know to the contrary, for she hath mentioned your name to me.", "pos": 763572}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Ha! did she ever mention her poor Jones? You flatter me now: I can never believe so much.", "pos": 763774}
{"speaker": "Landlady", "text": "Why, then, as I hope to be saved, and may the devil fetch me if I speak a syllable more than the truth, I have heard her mention Mr Jones; but in a civil and modest way, I confess; yet I could perceive she thought a great deal more than she said.", "pos": 763879}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "O my dear woman! her thoughts of me I shall never be worthy of. Oh, she is all gentleness, kindness, goodness! Why was such a rascal as I born, ever to give her soft bosom a moment's uneasiness? Why am I cursed? I, who would undergo all the plagues and miseries which any daemon ever invented for mankind, to procure her any good; nay, torture itself could not be misery to me, did I but know that she was happy.", "pos": 764145}
{"speaker": "Landlady", "text": "Why, look you there now. I told her you was a constant lovier.", "pos": 764576}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "But pray, madam, tell me when or where you knew anything of me; for I never was here before, nor do I remember ever to have seen you.", "pos": 764663}
{"speaker": "Landlady", "text": "Nor is it possible you should, for you was a little thing when I had you in my lap at the squire's.", "pos": 764800}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "How, the squire's? what, do you know that great and good Mr Allworthy then?", "pos": 764919}
{"speaker": "Landlady", "text": "Yes, marry, do I, who in the country doth not?", "pos": 765012}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "The fame of his goodness indeed, must have extended farther than this; but heaven only can know him--can know that benevolence which it copied from itself, and sent upon earth as its own pattern. Mankind are as ignorant of such divine goodness, as they are unworthy of it; but none so unworthy of it as myself. I, who was raised by him to such a height; taken in, as you must well know, a poor base-born child, adopted by him, and treated as his own son, to dare by my follies to disoblige him, to draw his vengeance upon me. Yes, I deserve it all; for I will never be so ungrateful as ever to think he hath done an act of injustice by me. No, I deserve to be turned out of doors, as I am. And now, madam. I believe you will not blame me for turning soldier, especially with such a fortune as this in my pocket.", "pos": 765074}
{"speaker": "Landlady", "text": "That to be sure people were the best judges what was most proper for their circumstances. But hark. I think I hear somebody call. Coming! coming! the devil's in all our volk; nobody hath any ears. I must go down-stairs; if you want any more breakfast the maid will come up. Coming!", "pos": 766148}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "and, doctor, if you will be so kind only to dress my head, I have no doubt of being well in a day or two.", "pos": 768137}
{"speaker": "Doctor", "text": "I wish. I could assure your being well in a month or two. Well, indeed! No, no, people are not so soon well of such contusions; but, sir, I am not at this time of day to be instructed in my operations by a patient, and I insist on making a revulsion before I dress you.", "pos": 768256}
{"speaker": "Doctor", "text": "Paymaster! why, I've a gentleman under my hands, have I not?", "pos": 770020}
{"speaker": "Landlady", "text": "I imagined so as well as you, but, as my first husband used to say, everything is not what it looks to be. He is an arrant scrub, I assure you. However, take no notice that I mentioned anything to you of the matter; but I think people in business oft always to let one another know such things.", "pos": 770111}
{"speaker": "Doctor", "text": "And have I suffered such a fellow as this, to instruct me? Shall I hear my practice insulted by one who will not pay me? I am glad I have made this discovery in time. I will see now whether he will be blooded or no. Will you be blooded or no?", "pos": 770429}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I have told you my resolution already, and I wish with all my heart you had taken my answer; for you have awaked me out of the sweetest sleep which I ever had in my life.", "pos": 770972}
{"speaker": "Doctor", "text": "Ay, ay, many a man hath dozed away his life. Sleep is not always good, no more than food; but remember, I demand of you for the last time, will you be blooded?", "pos": 771163}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I answer you for the last time. I will not.", "pos": 771346}
{"speaker": "Doctor", "text": "Then I wash my hands of you, and I desire you to pay me for the trouble I have had already. Two journeys at 5s. each, two dressings at 5s. more, and half a crown for phlebotomy.", "pos": 771407}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I hope, you don't intend to leave me in this condition.", "pos": 771608}
{"speaker": "Doctor", "text": "Indeed but I shall,", "pos": 771681}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Then, you have used me rascally, and I will not pay you a farthing.", "pos": 771719}
{"speaker": "Doctor", "text": "Very well, the first loss is the best. What a pox did my landlady mean by sending for me to such vagabonds!", "pos": 771804}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "What he could have for dinner?", "pos": 772735}
{"speaker": "Landlady", "text": "For dinner! it is an odd time a day to think about dinner. There is nothing drest in the house, and the fire is almost out.", "pos": 772769}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Well, but. I must have something to eat, and it is almost indifferent to me what; for, to tell you the truth, I was never more hungry in my life.", "pos": 772908}
{"speaker": "Landlady", "text": "Then. I believe there is a piece of cold buttock and carrot, which will fit you.", "pos": 773068}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Nothing better, but I should be obliged to you, if you would let it be fried.", "pos": 773164}
{"speaker": "Landlady", "text": "she was glad to see him so well recovered;", "pos": 773314}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Festina lente, is a proverb which I learned long before I ever touched a razor. I find, friend, you are a scholar,", "pos": 774727}
{"speaker": "Barber", "text": "A poor one, non omnia possumus omnes.", "pos": 774862}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Again! I fancy you are good at capping verses.", "pos": 774922}
{"speaker": "Barber", "text": "Excuse me, sir, non tanto me dignor honore. Sir, since I have dealt in suds, I could never discover more than two reasons for shaving; the one is to get a beard, and the other to get rid of one. I conjecture, sir, it may not be long since you shaved from the former of these motives. Upon my word, you have had good success; for one may say of your beard, that it is tondenti gravior.", "pos": 774986}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I conjecture, that thou art a very comical fellow.", "pos": 775444}
{"speaker": "Barber", "text": "You mistake me widely, sir. I am too much addicted to the study of philosophy; hinc illae lacrymae, sir; that's my misfortune. Too much learning hath been my ruin.", "pos": 775512}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Indeed. I confess, friend, you have more learning than generally belongs to your trade; but I can't see how it can have injured you.", "pos": 775698}
{"speaker": "Barber", "text": "Alas! sir, my father disinherited me for it. He was a dancing-master; and because I could read before I could dance, he took an aversion to me, and left every farthing among his other children.--Will you please to have your temples--O la! I ask your pardon, I fancy there is hiatus in manuscriptis. I heard you was going to the wars; but I find it was a mistake.", "pos": 775848}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Why do you conclude so?", "pos": 776237}
{"speaker": "Barber", "text": "Sure, sir, you are too wise a man to carry a broken head thither; for that would be carrying coals to Newcastle.", "pos": 776275}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Upon my word, thou art a very odd fellow, and I like thy humour extremely; I shall be very glad if thou wilt come to me after dinner, and drink a glass with me; I long to be better acquainted with thee.", "pos": 776412}
{"speaker": "the barber", "text": "O dear sir! I can do you twenty times as great a favour, if you will accept of it.", "pos": 776632}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "What is that, my friend?", "pos": 776737}
{"speaker": "the barber", "text": "Why, I will drink a bottle with you if you please; for I dearly love good-nature; and as you have found me out to be a comical fellow, so I have no skill in physiognomy, if you are not one of the best-natured gentlemen in the universe.", "pos": 776777}
{"speaker": "the landlady", "text": "Since it was so difficult to get it heated he would eat the beef cold.", "pos": 778021}
{"speaker": "the landlady", "text": "he was a poor parish boy, taken into the house of Squire Allworthy, where he was bred up as an apprentice, and now turned out of doors for his misdeeds, particularly for making love to his young mistress, and probably for robbing the house; for how else should he come by the little money he hath; and this, is your gentleman, forsooth!", "pos": 779310}
{"speaker": "the barber", "text": "A servant of Squire Allworthy! what's his name?", "pos": 779662}
{"speaker": "the landlady", "text": "Why he told me his name was Jones, perhaps he goes by a wrong name. Nay, and he told me, too, that the squire had maintained him as his own son, thof he had quarrelled with him now.", "pos": 779732}
{"speaker": "the barber", "text": "And if his name be Jones, he told you the truth, for I have relations who live in that country; nay, and some people say he is his son.", "pos": 779929}
{"speaker": "the landlady", "text": "Why doth he not go by the name of his father?", "pos": 780087}
{"speaker": "the barber", "text": "I can't tell that, many people's sons don't go by the name of their father.", "pos": 780136}
{"speaker": "the landlady", "text": "Nay, if I thought he was a gentleman's son, thof he was a bye-blow, I should behave to him in another guess manner; for many of these bye-blows come to be great men, and, as my poor first husband used to say, never affront any customer that's a gentleman.", "pos": 780234}
{"speaker": "the barber", "text": "Ago tibi gratias, domine Sir, may I crave the favour to know if your name is not Jones?", "pos": 780918}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "That it was.", "pos": 781210}
{"speaker": "the barber", "text": "Proh deum atque hominum fidem! how strangely things come to pass! Mr Jones, I am your most obedient servant. I find you do not know me, which indeed is no wonder, since you never saw me but once, and then you was very young. Pray, sir, how doth the good Squire Allworthy? how doth ille optimus omnium patronus?", "pos": 781226}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I find, you do indeed know me; but I have not the like happiness of recollecting you.", "pos": 781559}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "I do not wonder at that, but I am surprized I did not know you sooner, for you are not in the least altered. And pray, sir, may I, without offence, enquire whither you are travelling this way?", "pos": 781662}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Fill the glass, Mr Barber, and ask no more questions.", "pos": 781876}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Nay, sir. I would not be troublesome; and I hope you don't think me a man of an impertinent curiosity, for that is a vice which nobody can lay to my charge; but I ask pardon; for when a gentleman of your figure travels without his servants, we may suppose him to be, as we say, in casu incognito, and perhaps I ought not to have mentioned your name.", "pos": 781947}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I own. I did not expect to have been so well known in this country as I find I am; yet, for particular reasons, I shall be obliged to you if you will not mention my name to any other person till I am gone from hence.", "pos": 782321}
{"speaker": "the barber", "text": "Pauca verba, and I wish no other here knew you but myself; for some people have tongues; but I promise you I can keep a secret. My enemies will allow me that virtue.", "pos": 782555}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "And yet that is not the characteristic of your profession, Mr Barber,", "pos": 782747}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Alas! sir. Non si male nunc et olim sic erit. I was not born nor bred a barber, I assure you. I have spent most of my time among gentlemen, and though I say it, I understand something of gentility. And if you had thought me as worthy of your confidence as you have some other people, I should have shown you I could have kept a secret better. I should not have degraded your name in a public kitchen; for indeed, sir, some people have not used you well; for besides making a public proclamation of what you told them of a quarrel between yourself and Squire Allworthy, they added lies of their own, things which I knew to be lies.", "pos": 782835}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "You surprize me greatly,", "pos": 783489}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Upon my word, sir. I tell the truth, and I need not tell you my landlady was the person. I am sure it moved me to hear the story, and I hope it is all false; for I have a great respect for you, I do assure you I have, and have had ever since the good-nature you showed to Black George, which was talked of all over the country, and I received more than one letter about it. Indeed, it made you beloved by everybody. You will pardon me, therefore; for it was real concern at what I heard made me ask many questions; for I have no impertinent curiosity about me: but I love good-nature and thence became amoris abundantia erga te.", "pos": 783529}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Since you have heard, my friend, so much of my affairs, and seem so desirous to know the truth, if you will have patience to hear it, I will inform you of the whole.", "pos": 784793}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Patience! that I will, if the chapter was never so long; and I am very much obliged to you for the honour you do me.", "pos": 784962}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "He doubted not but such villanous arts had been made use of to destroy him.", "pos": 785781}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Since I have trusted you with so much, and since, I am afraid, her name is become too publick already on this occasion, I will not conceal it from you. Her name is Sophia Western.", "pos": 787889}
{"speaker": "the barber", "text": "Proh deum atque hominum fidem! Squire Western hath a daughter grown a woman!", "pos": 788071}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Ay, and such a woman, that the world cannot match. No eye ever saw anything so beautiful; but that is her least excellence. Such sense! such goodness! Oh, I could praise her for ever, and yet should omit half her virtues!", "pos": 788151}
{"speaker": "the barber", "text": "Mr Western a daughter grown up! I remember the father a boy; well, Tempus edax rerum.", "pos": 788391}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "He had already drank more than he ought: and that he now chose to retire to his room, where he wished he could procure himself a book.", "pos": 788617}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "A book! what book would you have? Latin or English? I have some curious books in both languages; such as Erasmi Colloquia, Ovid de Tristibus, Gradus ad Parnassum; and in English I have several of the best books, though some of them are a little torn; but I have a great part of Stowe's Chronicle; the sixth volume of Pope's Homer; the third volume of the Spectator; the second volume of Echard's Roman History; the Craftsman; Robinson Crusoe; Thomas a Kempis; and two volumes of Tom Brown's Works.", "pos": 788755}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Those last, are books I never saw, so if you please lend me one of those volumes.", "pos": 789273}
{"speaker": "the drawer", "text": "but, sir, if you will take my advice, there is not a man in the kingdom can do your business better than the barber who was with you last night. We look upon him to be one of the ablest men at a cut in all this neighbourhood. For though he hath not been her above three months, he hath done several great cures.", "pos": 790317}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "So, tonsor. I find you have more trades than one; how came you not to inform me of this last night?", "pos": 790947}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "A surgeon, is a profession, not a trade. The reason why I did not acquaint you last night that I professed this art, was, that I then concluded you was under the hands of another gentleman, and I never love to interfere with my brethren in their business. Ars omnibus communis. But now, sir, if you please, I will inspect your head, and when I see into your skull, I will give my opinion of your case. Shall I answer you as a surgeon, or a friend?", "pos": 791064}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "As a friend, and seriously,", "pos": 791886}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Why then, upon my soul, it would require a great deal of art to keep you from being well after a very few dressings; and if you will suffer me to apply some salve of mine, I will answer for the success. There, sir, now I will, if you please, resume my former self; but a man is obliged to keep up some dignity in his countenance whilst he is performing these operations, or the world will not submit to be handled by him. You can't imagine, sir, of how much consequence a grave aspect is to a grave character. A barber may make you laugh, but a surgeon ought rather to make you cry.", "pos": 791928}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Mr Barber, or Mr Surgeon, or Mr Barber-surgeon,", "pos": 792616}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "O dear sir! Infandum, regina, jubes renovare dolorem. You recall to my mind that cruel separation of the united fraternities, so much to the prejudice of both bodies, as all separations must be, according to the old adage, Vis unita fortior; which to be sure there are not wanting some of one or of the other fraternity who are able to construe. What a blow was this to me, who unite both in my own person!", "pos": 792678}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Well, by whatever name you please to be called, you certainly are one of the oddest, most comical fellows I ever met with, and must have something very surprizing in your story, which you must confess I have a right to hear.", "pos": 793126}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "I do confess it, and will very readily acquaint you with it, when you have sufficient leisure, for I promise you it will require a good deal of time. Well, then. I will obey you; but first I will fasten the door, that none may interrupt us. I must begin by telling you, sir, that you yourself have been the greatest enemy I ever had.", "pos": 793373}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I your enemy, sir!", "pos": 793938}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Nay, be not angry, for I promise you I am not. You are perfectly innocent of having intended me any wrong; for you was then an infant: but I shall, I believe, unriddle all this the moment I mention my name. Did you never hear, sir, of one Partridge, who had the honour of being reputed your father, and the misfortune of being ruined by that honour?", "pos": 794021}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I have, indeed, heard of that Partridge, and have always believed myself to be his son.", "pos": 794390}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Well, sir. I am that Partridge; but I here absolve you from all filial duty, for I do assure you, you are no son of mine.", "pos": 794494}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "How! and is it possible that a false suspicion should have drawn all the ill consequences upon you, with which I am too well acquainted?", "pos": 794639}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "It is possible, for it is so: but though it is natural enough for men to hate even the innocent causes of their sufferings, yet I am of a different temper. I have loved you ever since I heard of your behaviour to Black George, as I told you; and I am convinced, from this extraordinary meeting, that you are born to make me amends for all I have suffered on that account. Besides, I dreamt, the night before I saw you, that I stumbled over a stool without hurting myself; which plainly showed me something good was towards me: and last night I dreamt again, that I rode behind you on a milk-white mare, which is a very excellent dream, and betokens much good fortune, which I am resolved to pursue unless you have the cruelty to deny me.", "pos": 794795}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I should be very glad, Mr Partridge, to have it in my power to make you amends for your sufferings on my account, though at present I see no likelihood of it; however, I assure you I will deny you nothing which is in my power to grant.", "pos": 795553}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "It is in your power sure enough, for I desire nothing more than leave to attend you in this expedition. Nay, I have so entirely set my heart upon it, that if you should refuse me, you will kill both a barber and a surgeon in one breath. Besides, sir. I promise you I have as good an inclination to the cause as any man can possibly have; and go I will, whether you admit me to go in your company or not.", "pos": 795809}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Perhaps, Mr Partridge, you think I shall be able to support you, but I really am not; and then taking out his purse, he told out nine guineas, which he declared were his whole fortune.", "pos": 796858}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "That his dependence was only on his future favour; for he was thoroughly convinced he would shortly have enough in his power. At present, sir. I believe I am rather the richer man of the two; but all I have is at your service, and at your disposal. I insist upon your taking the whole, and I beg only to attend you in the quality of your servant; Nil desperandum est Teucro duce et auspice Teucro If I may presume to give my advice, this portmanteau, with everything in it, except a few shirts, should be left behind. Those I shall be easily able to carry for you, and the rest of your cloaths will remain very safe locked up in my house.", "pos": 797065}
{"speaker": "the wife", "text": "What, you have been tippling with the gentleman, I see?", "pos": 803025}
{"speaker": "the husband", "text": "Yes, we have cracked a bottle together, and a very gentlemanlike man he is, and hath a very pretty notion of horse-flesh. Indeed, he is young, and hath not seen much of the world; for I believe he hath been at very few horse-races.", "pos": 803101}
{"speaker": "the landlady", "text": "Oho! he is one of your order, is he? he must be a gentleman to be sure, if he is a horse-racer. The devil fetch such gentry! I am sure I wish I had never seen any of them. I have reason to love horse-racers truly!", "pos": 803360}
{"speaker": "the husband", "text": "That you have, for I was one, you know.", "pos": 803601}
{"speaker": "the landlady", "text": "Yes, you are a pure one indeed. As my first husband used to say, I may put all the good I have ever got by you in my eyes, and see never the worse.", "pos": 803664}
{"speaker": "the husband", "text": "D--n your first husband!", "pos": 803831}
{"speaker": "the wife", "text": "Don't d--n a better man than yourself, if he had been alive, you durst not have done it.", "pos": 803868}
{"speaker": "the husband", "text": "Then you think. I have not so much courage as yourself; for you have d--n'd him often in my hearing.", "pos": 803981}
{"speaker": "the landlady", "text": "If I did. I have repented of it many's the good time and oft. And if he was so good to forgive me a word spoken in haste or so, it doth not become such a one as you to twitter me. He was a husband to me, he was; and if ever I did make use of an ill word or so in a passion, I never called him rascal; I should have told a lie, if I had called him rascal.", "pos": 804096}
{"speaker": "Petty-fogger", "text": "If she knew who that fine spark was?", "pos": 811052}
{"speaker": "Mrs Whitefield", "text": "She had never seen the gentleman before.", "pos": 811105}
{"speaker": "Petty-fogger", "text": "The gentleman, indeed! a pretty gentleman, truly! Why, he's the bastard of a fellow who was hanged for horse-stealing. He was dropt at Squire Allworthy's door, where one of the servants found him in a box so full of rain-water, that he would certainly have been drowned, had he not been reserved for another fate.", "pos": 811149}
{"speaker": "Dowling", "text": "Ay, ay, you need not mention it, I protest: we understand what that fate is very well,", "pos": 811494}
{"speaker": "Petty-fogger", "text": "Well, the squire ordered him to be taken in; for he is a timbersome man everybody knows, and was afraid of drawing himself into a scrape; and there the bastard was bred up, and fed, and cloathified all to the world like any gentleman; and there he got one of the servant-maids with child, and persuaded her to swear it to the squire himself; and afterwards he broke the arm of one Mr Thwackum a clergyman, only because he reprimanded him for following whores; and afterwards he snapt a pistol at Mr Blifil behind his back; and once, when Squire Allworthy was sick, he got a drum, and beat it all over the house to prevent him from sleeping; and twenty other pranks he hath played, for all which, about four or five days ago, just before I left the country, the squire stripped him stark naked, and turned him out of doors.", "pos": 811627}
{"speaker": "Dowling", "text": "And very justly too, I protest. I would turn my own son out of doors, if he was guilty of half as much. And pray what is the name of this pretty gentleman?", "pos": 812475}
{"speaker": "Petty-fogger", "text": "The name o' un? why, he is called Thomas Jones.", "pos": 812650}
{"speaker": "Dowling", "text": "Jones! what, Mr Jones that lived at Mr Allworthy's? was that the gentleman that dined with us?", "pos": 812725}
{"speaker": "Petty-fogger", "text": "The very same,", "pos": 812860}
{"speaker": "Dowling", "text": "I have heard of the gentleman, often; but I never heard any ill character of him.", "pos": 812893}
{"speaker": "Mrs Whitefield", "text": "And I am sure, if half what this gentleman hath said be true, Mr Jones hath the most deceitful countenance I ever saw; for sure his looks promise something very different; and I must say, for the little I have seen of him, he is as civil a well-bred man as you would wish to converse with.", "pos": 812995}
{"speaker": "Petty-fogger", "text": "I hope, madam, you imagine I would scorn to tell such things of any man, unless I knew them to be true. What interest have I in taking away the reputation of a man who never injured me? I promise you every syllable of what I have said is fact, and the whole country knows it.", "pos": 813608}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "That though he carried the knapsack, and contented himself with staying among servants, while Tom Jones (as he called him) was regaling in the parlour, he was not his servant, but only a friend and companion, and as good a gentleman as Mr Jones himself.", "pos": 814381}
{"speaker": "Dowling", "text": "the gentleman looked like another sort of man.", "pos": 814792}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Those lovers, must have had souls truly capable of feeling all the tenderness of the sublimest of all human passions.", "pos": 818950}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Very probably, but I envy them more, if they had bodies incapable of feeling cold; for I am almost frozen to death, and am very much afraid I shall lose a piece of my nose before we get to another house of entertainment. Nay, truly, we may well expect some judgment should happen to us for our folly in running away so by night from one of the most excellent inns I ever set my foot into. I am sure I never saw more good things in my life, and the greatest lord in the land cannot live better in his own house than he may there. And to forsake such a house, and go a rambling about the country, the Lord knows whither, per devia rura viarum, I say nothing for my part; but some people might not have charity enough to conclude we were in our sober senses.", "pos": 819083}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Fie upon it, Mr Partridge! have a better heart; consider you are going to face an enemy; and are you afraid of facing a little cold? I wish, indeed, we had a guide to advise which of these roads we should take.", "pos": 819861}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "May I be so bold, to offer my advice? Interdum stultus opportuna loquitur", "pos": 820089}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Why, which of them, would you recommend?", "pos": 820184}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Truly neither of them. The only road we can be certain of finding, is the road we came. A good hearty pace will bring us back to Gloucester in an hour; but if we go forward, the Lord Harry knows when we shall arrive at any place; for I see at least fifty miles before me, and no house in all the way.", "pos": 820243}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "You see, indeed, a very fair prospect, which receives great additional beauty from the extreme lustre of the moon. However, I will keep the left-hand track, as that seems to lead directly to those hills, which we were informed lie not far from Worcester. And here, if you are inclined to quit me, you may, and return back again; but for my part, I am resolved to go forward.", "pos": 820569}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "It is unkind in you, sir, to suspect me of any such intention. What I have advised hath been as much on your account as on my own: but since you are determined to go on, I am as much determined to follow. I prae sequar te.", "pos": 820960}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Who knows, Partridge, but the loveliest creature in the universe may have her eyes now fixed on that very moon which I behold at this instant?", "pos": 821451}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Very likely, sir, and if my eyes were fixed on a good surloin of roast beef, the devil might take the moon and her horns into the bargain.", "pos": 821596}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Did ever Tramontane make such an answer? Prithee, Partridge, wast thou ever susceptible of love in thy life, or hath time worn away all the traces of it from thy memory?", "pos": 821759}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Alack-a-day! well would it have been for me if I had never known what love was. Infandum regina jubes renovare dolorem. I am sure I have tasted all the tenderness, and sublimities, and bitternesses of the passion.", "pos": 821946}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Was your mistress unkind, then?", "pos": 822181}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Very unkind, indeed, sir, for she married me, and made one of the most confounded wives in the world. However, heaven be praised, she's gone; and if I believed she was in the moon, according to a book I once read, which teaches that to be the receptacle of departed spirits, I would never look at it for fear of seeing her; but I wish, sir, that the moon was a looking-glass for your sake, and that Miss Sophia Western was now placed before it.", "pos": 822227}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "My dear Partridge, what a thought was there! A thought which I am certain could never have entered into any mind but that of a lover. O Partridge! could I hope once again to see that face; but, alas! all those golden dreams are vanished for ever, and my only refuge from future misery is to forget the object of all my former happiness.", "pos": 822696}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "And do you really despair of ever seeing Miss Western again? if you will follow my advice I will engage you shall not only see her but have her in your arms.", "pos": 823050}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Ha! do not awaken a thought of that nature. I have struggled sufficiently to conquer all such wishes already.", "pos": 823232}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Nay, if you do not wish to have your mistress in your arms you are a most extraordinary lover indeed.", "pos": 823359}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Well, well, let us avoid this subject; but pray what is your advice?", "pos": 823485}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "To give it you in the military phrase, then, as we are soldiers, `To the right about.' Let us return the way we came; we may yet reach Gloucester to-night, though late; whereas, if we proceed, we are likely, for aught I see, to ramble about for ever without coming either to house or home.", "pos": 823570}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I have already told you my resolution is to go on, but I would have you go back. I am obliged to you for your company hither; and I beg you to accept a guinea as a small instance of my gratitude. Nay, it would be cruel in me to suffer you to go any farther; for, to deal plainly with you, my chief end and desire is a glorious death in the service of my king and country.", "pos": 823880}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "As for your money. I beg, sir, you will put it up; I will receive none of you at this time; for at present I am, I believe, the richer man of the two. And as your resolution is to go on, so mine is to follow you if you do. Nay, now my presence appears absolutely necessary to take care of you, since your intentions are so desperate; for I promise you my views are much more prudent; as you are resolved to fall in battle if you can, so I am resolved as firmly to come to no hurt if I can help it. And, indeed, I have the comfort to think there will be but little danger; for a popish priest told me the other day the business would soon be over, and he believed without a battle.", "pos": 824272}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "A popish priest! I have heard is not always to be believed when he speaks in behalf of his religion.", "pos": 824976}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "Yes, but so far,", "pos": 825094}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "from speaking in behalf of his religion, he assured me the Catholicks did not expect to be any gainers by the change; for that Prince Charles was as good a Protestant as any in England; and that nothing but regard to right made him and the rest of the popish party to be Jacobites.", "pos": 825133}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I believe him to be as much a Protestant as I believe he hath any right, and I make no doubt of our success, but not without a battle. So that I am not so sanguine as your friend the popish priest.", "pos": 825418}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Nay, to be sure, sir, all the prophecies I have ever read speak of a great deal of blood to be spilt in the quarrel, and the miller with three thumbs, who is now alive, is to hold the horses of three kings, up to his knees in blood. Lord, have mercy upon us all, and send better times!", "pos": 825632}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "With what stuff and nonsense hast thou filled thy head! this too, I suppose, comes from the popish priest. Monsters and prodigies are the proper arguments to support monstrous and absurd doctrines. The cause of King George is the cause of liberty and true religion. In other words, it is the cause of common sense, my boy, and I warrant you will succeed, though Briarius himself was to rise again with his hundred thumbs, and to turn miller.", "pos": 825942}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Partridge, I wish I was at the top of this hill; it must certainly afford a most charming prospect, especially by this light; for the solemn gloom which the moon casts on all objects, is beyond expression beautiful, especially to an imagination which is desirous of cultivating melancholy ideas.", "pos": 830551}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Very probably, but if the top of the hill be properest to produce melancholy thoughts, I suppose the bottom is the likeliest to produce merry ones, and these I take to be much the better of the two. I protest you have made my blood run cold with the very mentioning the top of that mountain; which seems to me to be one of the highest in the world. No, no, if we look for anything, let it be for a place under ground, to screen ourselves from the frost.", "pos": 830850}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Do so, let it be but within hearing of this place, and I will hallow to you at my return back.", "pos": 831329}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Surely, sir, you are not mad,", "pos": 831441}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Indeed, I am, if ascending this hill be madness; but as you complain so much of the cold already, I would have you stay below. I will certainly return to you within an hour.", "pos": 831490}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Pardon me, sir. I have determined to follow you wherever you go. Oh, sir! Heaven hath at last heard my prayers, and hath brought us to a house; perhaps it may be an inn. Let me beseech you, sir, if you have any compassion either for me or yourself, do not despise the goodness of Providence, but let us go directly to yon light. Whether it be a public-house or no, I am sure if they be Christians that dwell there, they will not refuse a little house-room to persons in our miserable condition. Lord, have mercy upon us! surely the people must be all dead. I can see no light neither now, and yet I am certain I saw a candle burning but a moment before.--Well! I have heard of such things.", "pos": 831685}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "What hast thou heard of? The people are either fast asleep, or probably, as this is a lonely place, are afraid to open their door.", "pos": 833220}
{"speaker": "old woman", "text": "Who they were, and what they wanted?", "pos": 833469}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "They were travellers who had lost their way, and having seen a light in the window, had been led thither in hopes of finding some fire to warm themselves.", "pos": 833522}
{"speaker": "old woman", "text": "Whoever you are, you have no business here; nor shall I open the door to any one at this time of night.", "pos": 833678}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "I am almost dead with the cold; the gentleman who spoke to her was one of the greatest squires in the country;", "pos": 833971}
{"speaker": "old woman", "text": "I hope, gentlemen, you will make what haste you can; for I expect my master presently, and I would not for double the money he should find you here.", "pos": 835933}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Then you have a master? Indeed, you will excuse me, good woman, but I was surprized to see all those fine things in your house.", "pos": 836085}
{"speaker": "old woman", "text": "Ah, sir, if the twentieth part of these things were mine, I should think myself a rich woman. But pray, sir, do not stay much longer, for I look for him in every minute.", "pos": 836231}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Why, sure he would not be angry with you, for doing a common act of charity?", "pos": 836416}
{"speaker": "old woman", "text": "Alack-a-day, sir! he is a strange man, not at all like other people. He keeps no company with anybody, and seldom walks out but by night, for he doth not care to be seen; and all the country people are as much afraid of meeting him; for his dress is enough to frighten those who are not used to it. They call him, the Man of the Hill (for there he walks by night), and the country people are not, I believe, more afraid of the devil himself. He would be terribly angry if he found you here.", "pos": 836510}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Pray, sir, don't let us offend the gentleman; I am ready to walk, and was never warmer in my life. Do pray, sir, let us go. Here are pistols over the chimney: who knows whether they be charged or no, or what he may do with them?", "pos": 837016}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Fear nothing, Partridge. I will secure thee from danger.", "pos": 837266}
{"speaker": "old woman", "text": "Nay, for matter o' that, he never doth any mischief, but to be sure it is necessary he should keep some arms for his own safety; for his house hath been beset more than once; and it is not many nights ago that we thought we heard thieves about it: for my own part, I have often wondered that he is not murdered by some villain or other, as he walks out by himself at such hours; but then, as I said, the people are afraid of him; and besides, they think, I suppose, he hath nothing about him worth taking.", "pos": 837341}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I should imagine, by this collection of rarities, that your master had been a traveller.", "pos": 837868}
{"speaker": "old woman", "text": "Yes, sir, he hath been a very great one: there be few gentlemen that know more of all matters than he. I fancy hath been crost in love, or whatever it is I know not; but I have lived with him above these thirty years, and in all that time he hath hardly spoke to six living people.", "pos": 837975}
{"speaker": "Woman", "text": "D--n your blood, show us your money this instant. Your money, you villain, or we will blow your brains about your ears.", "pos": 838845}
{"speaker": "old woman", "text": "O, good heaven! some villains, to be sure, have attacked my master. O la! what shall I do? what shall I do?", "pos": 838967}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "How! how!--Are these pistols loaded?", "pos": 839101}
{"speaker": "old woman", "text": "O, good sir, there is nothing in them, indeed. O pray don't murder us, gentlemen!", "pos": 839156}
{"speaker": "old man", "text": "No, sir, no, I have very little harm, I thank you. Lord have mercy upon me!", "pos": 840241}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I see, sir, you are not free from apprehensions even of those who have had the happiness to be your deliverers; nor can I blame any suspicions which you may have; but indeed you have no real occasion for any; here are none but your friends present. Having mist our way this cold night, we took the liberty of warming ourselves at your fire, whence we were just departing when we heard you call for assistance, which, I must say, Providence alone seems to have sent you.", "pos": 840320}
{"speaker": "old gentleman", "text": "Providence, indeed, if it be so.", "pos": 840807}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "So it is, I assure you. Here is your own sword, sir; I have used it in your defence, and I now return it into your hand.", "pos": 840870}
{"speaker": "old man", "text": "You will pardon me, young gentleman; I was not always of a suspicious temper, nor am I a friend to ingratitude.", "pos": 841176}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Be thankful then, to that Providence to which you owe your deliverance: as to my part, I have only discharged the common duties of humanity, and what I would have done for any fellow-creature in your situation.", "pos": 841290}
{"speaker": "old gentleman", "text": "Let me look at you a little longer. You are a human creature then? Well, perhaps you are. Come pray walk into my little hutt. You have been my deliverer indeed.", "pos": 841519}
{"speaker": "old gentleman", "text": "Yes. I have escaped, indeed, thanks to my preserver.", "pos": 842751}
{"speaker": "old woman", "text": "O the blessing on him! he is a good gentleman, I warrant him. I was afraid your worship would have been angry with me for letting him in; and to be certain I should not have done it, had not I seen by the moon-light, that he was a gentleman, and almost frozen to death. And to be certain it must have been some good angel that sent him hither, and tempted me to do it.", "pos": 842819}
{"speaker": "old gentleman", "text": "I am afraid, sir, that I have nothing in this house which you can either eat or drink, unless you will accept a dram of brandy; of which I can give you some most excellent, and which I have had by me these thirty years. Whither he was travelling when he mist his way? I must own myself surprized to see such a person as you appear to be, journeying on foot at this time of night. I suppose, sir, you are a gentleman of these parts; for you do not look like one who is used to travel far without horses?", "pos": 843206}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Appearances, are often deceitful; men sometimes look what they are not. I assure you I am not of this country; and whither I am travelling, in reality I scarce know myself.", "pos": 843849}
{"speaker": "old man", "text": "Whoever you are, or whithersoever you are going. I have obligations to you which I can never return.", "pos": 844039}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I once more, affirm that you have none; for there can be no merit in having hazarded that in your service on which I set no value; and nothing is so contemptible in my eyes as life.", "pos": 844166}
{"speaker": "Man of the Hill", "text": "I am sorry, young gentleman, that you have any reason to be so unhappy at your years.", "pos": 844367}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Indeed I am, sir, the most unhappy of mankind.", "pos": 844480}
{"speaker": "other", "text": "Perhaps you have had a friend, or a mistress?", "pos": 844548}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "How could you, mention two words sufficient to drive me to distraction?", "pos": 844615}
{"speaker": "old man", "text": "Either of them are enough to drive any man to distraction. I enquire no farther, sir; perhaps my curiosity hath led me too far already.", "pos": 844705}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Indeed, sir. I cannot censure a passion which I feel at this instant in the highest degree. You will pardon me when I assure you, that everything which I have seen or heard since I first entered this house hath conspired to raise the greatest curiosity in me. Something very extraordinary must have determined you to this course of life, and I have reason to fear your own history is not without misfortunes.", "pos": 844867}
{"speaker": "old gentleman", "text": "I have read that a good countenance is a letter of recommendation; if so, none ever can be more strongly recommended than yourself. If I did not feel some yearnings towards you from another consideration, I must be the most ungrateful monster upon earth; and I am really concerned it is no otherwise in my power than by words to convince you of my gratitude.", "pos": 845414}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "That it was in his power by words to gratify him extremely. I have confest a curiosity, sir; need I say how much obliged I should be to you, if you would condescend to gratify it? Will you suffer me therefore to beg, unless any consideration restrains you, that you would be pleased to acquaint me what motives have induced you thus to withdraw from the society of mankind, and to betake yourself to a course of life to which it sufficiently appears you were not born?", "pos": 845820}
{"speaker": "Man of the Hill", "text": "I scarce think myself at liberty to refuse you anything after what hath happened,", "pos": 846302}
{"speaker": "the old man", "text": "If you desire therefore to hear the story of an unhappy man, I will relate it to you. Indeed you judge rightly, in thinking there is commonly something extraordinary in the fortunes of those who fly from society; for however it may seem a paradox, or even a contradiction, certain it is, that great philanthropy chiefly inclines us to avoid and detest mankind; not on account so much of their private and selfish vices, but for those of a relative kind; such as envy, malice, treachery, cruelty, with every other species of malevolence. These are the vices which true philanthropy abhors, and which rather than see and converse with, she avoids society itself. However, without a compliment to you, you do not appear to me one of those whom I should shun or detest; nay, I must say, in what little hath dropt from you, there appears some parity in our fortunes: I hope, however, yours will conclude more successfully.", "pos": 846407}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "In the parish where I was born, there lived a farmer whose name was Bridle, and he had a son named Francis, a good hopeful young fellow: I was at the grammar-school with him, where I remember he was got into Ovid's Epistles, and he could construe you three lines together sometimes without looking into a dictionary. Besides all this, he was a very good lad, never missed church o' Sundays, and was reckoned one of the best psalm-singers in the whole parish. He would indeed now and then take a cup too much, and that was the only fault he had.", "pos": 862989}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Well, but come to the ghost,", "pos": 863537}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Never fear, sir; I shall come to him soon enough. You must know, then, that farmer Bridle lost a mare, a sorrel one, to the best of my remembrance; and so it fell out that this young Francis shortly afterward being at a fair at Hindon, and as I think it was on--, I can't remember the day; and being as he was, what should he happen to meet but a man upon his father's mare. Frank called out presently, Stop thief; and it being in the middle of the fair, it was impossible, you know, for the man to make his escape. So they apprehended him and carried him before the justice: I remember it was Justice Willoughby, of Noyle, a very worthy good gentleman; and he committed him to prison, and bound Frank in a recognisance, I think they call it--a hard word compounded of re and cognosco; but it differs in its meaning from the use of the simple, as many other compounds do. Well, at last down came my Lord Justice Page to hold the assizes; and so the fellow was had up, and Frank was had up for a witness. To be sure, I shall never forget the face of the judge, when he began to ask him what he had to say against the prisoner. He made poor Frank tremble and shake in his shoes.", "pos": 863581}
{"speaker": "my lord", "text": "Well you, fellow, what have you to say? Don't stand humming and hawing, but speak out.", "pos": 864781}
{"speaker": "the judge", "text": "Ay! thou art a lucky fellow: I have travelled the circuit these forty years, and never found a horse in my life: but I'll tell thee what, friend, thou wast more lucky than thou didst know of; for thou didst not only find a horse, but a halter too, I promise thee.", "pos": 865083}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Well, and is this thy story?", "pos": 866436}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "No, no. O Lord have mercy upon me! I am just now coming to the matter; for one night, coming from the alehouse, in a long, narrow, dark lane, there he ran directly up against him; and the spirit was all in white, and fell upon Frank; and Frank, who was a sturdy lad, fell upon the spirit again, and there they had a tussel together, and poor Frank was dreadfully beat: indeed he made a shift at last to crawl home; but what with the beating, and what with the fright, he lay ill above a fortnight; and all this is most certainly true, and the whole parish will bear witness to it. Ay, you may laugh, sir; and so did some others, particularly a squire, who is thought to be no better than an atheist; who, forsooth, because there was a calf with a white face found dead in the same lane the next morning, would fain have it that the battle was between Frank and that, as if a calf would set upon a man. Besides, Frank told me he knew it to be a spirit, and could swear to him in any court in Christendom; and he had not drank above a quart or two or such a matter of liquor, at the time. Lud have mercy upon us, and keep us all from dipping our hands in blood, I say!", "pos": 866480}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Mr Partridge hath finished his story, and I hope will give you no future interruption, if you will be so kind to proceed.", "pos": 867822}
{"speaker": "Man of the Hill", "text": "I had now regained my liberty, but I had lost my reputation; for there is a wide difference between the case of a man who is barely acquitted of a crime in a court of justice, and of him who is acquitted in his own heart, and in the opinion of the people. I was conscious of my guilt, and ashamed to look any one in the face; so resolved to leave Oxford the next morning, before the daylight discovered me to the eyes of any beholders. When I had got clear of the city, it first entered into my head to return home to my father, and endeavour to obtain his forgiveness; but as I had no reason to doubt his knowledge of all which had past, and as I was well assured of his great aversion to all acts of dishonesty, I could entertain no hopes of being received by him, especially since I was too certain of all the good offices in the power of my mother; nay, had my father's pardon been as sure, as I conceived his resentment to be, I yet question whether I could have had the assurance to behold him, or whether I could, upon any terms, have submitted to live and converse with those who, I was convinced, knew me to have been guilty of so base an action. I hastened therefore back to London, the best retirement of either grief or shame, unless for persons of a very public character; for here you have the advantage of solitude without its disadvantage, since you may be alone and in company at the same time; and while you walk or sit unobserved, noise, hurry, and a constant succession of objects, entertain the mind, and prevent the spirits from preying on themselves, or rather on grief or shame, which are the most unwholesome diet in the world; and on which (though there are many who never taste either but in public) there are some who can feed very plentifully and very fatally when alone. But as there is scarce any human good without its concomitant evil, so there are people who find an inconvenience in this unobserving temper of mankind; I mean persons who have no money; for as you are not put out of countenance, so neither are you cloathed or fed by those who do not know you. And a man may be as easily starved in Leadenhall-market as in the deserts of Arabia. It was at present my fortune to be destitute of that great evil, as it is apprehended to be by several writers, who I suppose were overburthened with it, namely, money.", "pos": 868173}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "I do not remember any writers who have called it malorum; but irritamenta malorum. Effodiuntur opes, irritamenta malorum", "pos": 870591}
{"speaker": "Man of the Hill", "text": "Well, sir, whether it be an evil, or only the cause of evil, I was entirely void of it, and at the same time of friends, and, as I thought, of acquaintance; when one evening, as I was passing through the Inner Temple, very hungry, and very miserable, I heard a voice on a sudden hailing me with great familiarity by my Christian name; and upon turning about, I presently recollected the person who so saluted me to have been my fellow-collegiate; one who had left the university above a year, and long before any of my misfortunes had befallen me. This gentleman, whose name was Watson, shook me heartily by the hand; and expressing great joy at meeting me, proposed our immediately drinking a bottle together. I first declined the proposal, and pretended business, but as he was very earnest and pressing, hunger at last overcame my pride, and I fairly confessed to him I had no money in my pocket; yet not without framing a lie for an excuse, and imputing it to my having changed my breeches that morning. Mr Watson answered, `I thought, Jack, you and I had been too old acquaintance for you to mention such a matter.' He then took me by the arm, and was pulling me along; but I gave him very little trouble, for my own inclinations pulled me much stronger than he could do. We then went into the Friars, which you know is the scene of all mirth and jollity. Here, when we arrived at the tavern, Mr Watson applied himself to the drawer only, without taking the least notice of the cook; for he had no suspicion but that I had dined long since. However, as the case was really otherwise, I forged another falsehood, and told my companion I had been at the further end of the city on business of consequence, and had snapt up a mutton-chop in haste; so that I was again hungry, and wished he would add a beef-steak to his bottle.", "pos": 870715}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Some people ought to have good memories; or did you find just money enough in your breeches to pay for the mutton-chop?", "pos": 872595}
{"speaker": "Man of the Hill", "text": "Your observation is right, and I believe such blunders are inseparable from all dealing in untruth.--But to proceed--I began now to feel myself extremely happy. The meat and wine soon revived my spirits to a high pitch, and I enjoyed much pleasure in the conversation of my old acquaintance, the rather as I thought him entirely ignorant of what had happened at the university since his leaving it. But he did not suffer me to remain long in this agreeable delusion; for taking a bumper in one hand, and holding me by the other, `Here, my boy,' cries he, `here's wishing you joy of your being so honourably acquitted of that affair laid to your charge.' I was thunderstruck with confusion at those words, which Watson observing, proceeded thus: `Nay, never be ashamed, man; thou hast been acquitted, and no one now dares call thee guilty; but, prithee, do tell me, who am thy friend--I hope thou didst really rob him? for rat me if it was not a meritorious action to strip such a sneaking, pitiful rascal; and instead of the two hundred guineas, I wish you had taken as many thousand. Come, come, my boy, don't be shy of confessing to me: you are not now brought before one of the pimps. D--n me if I don't honour you for it; for, as I hope for salvation, I would have made no manner of scruple of doing the same thing.' This declaration a little relieved my abashment; and as wine had now somewhat opened my heart, I very freely acknowledged the robbery, but acquainted him that he had been misinformed as to the sum taken, which was little more than a fifth part of what he had mentioned. I am sorry for it with all my heart, and I wish thee better success another time. Though, if you will take my advice, you shall have no occasion to run any such risque. Here, here's the stuff. Here are the implements; here are the little doctors which cure the distempers of the purse. Follow but my counsel, and I will show you a way to empty the pocket of a queer cull without any danger of the nubbing cheat.", "pos": 872718}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Nubbing cheat! pray, sir, what is that?", "pos": 874812}
{"speaker": "Man of the Hill", "text": "Why that, sir, is a cant phrase for the gallows; for as gamesters differ little from highwaymen in their morals, so do they very much resemble them in their language. We had now each drank our bottle, when Mr Watson said, the board was sitting, and that he must attend, earnestly pressing me at the same time to go with him and try my fortune. I answered he knew that was at present out of my power, as I had informed him of the emptiness of my pocket. To say the truth, I doubted not from his many strong expressions of friendship, but that he would offer to lend me a small sum for that purpose, but he answered, `Never mind that, man; e'en boldly run a levant' [Partridge was going to inquire the meaning of that word, but Jones stopped his mouth]: `but be circumspect as to the man. I will tip you the proper person, which may be necessary, as you do not know the town, nor can distinguish a rum cull from a queer one. The bill was now brought, when Watson paid his share, and was departing. I reminded him, not without blushing, of my having no money. He answered, `That signifies nothing; score it behind the door, or make a bold brush and take no notice.--Or--stay,' says he; `I will go down-stairs first, and then do you take up my money, and score the whole reckoning at the bar, and I will wait for you at the corner.' I expressed some dislike at this, and hinted my expectations that he would have deposited the whole; but he swore he had not another sixpence in his pocket. He then went down, and I was prevailed on to take up the money and follow him, which I did close enough to hear him tell the drawer the reckoning was upon the table. The drawer past by me up-stairs; but I made such haste into the street, that I heard nothing of his disappointment, nor did I mention a syllable at the bar, according to my instructions. We now went directly to the gaming-table, where Mr Watson, to my surprize, pulled out a large sum of money and placed it before him, as did many others; all of them, no doubt, considering their own heaps as so many decoy birds, which were to intice and draw over the heaps of their neighbours. Here it would be tedious to relate all the freaks which Fortune, or rather the dice, played in this her temple. Mountains of gold were in a few moments reduced to nothing at one part of the table, and rose as suddenly in another. The rich grew in a moment poor, and the poor as suddenly became rich; so that it seemed a philosopher could nowhere have so well instructed his pupils in the contempt of riches, at least he could nowhere have better inculcated the incertainty of their duration. For my own part, after having considerably improved my small estate, I at last entirely demolished it. Mr Watson too, after much variety of luck, rose from the table in some heat, and declared he had lost a cool hundred, and would play no longer. Then coming up to me, he asked me to return with him to the tavern; but I positively refused, saying, I would not bring myself a second time into such a dilemma, and especially as he had lost all his money and was now in my own condition. `Pooh!' says he, `I have just borrowed a couple of guineas of a friend, and one of them is at your service.' He immediately put one of them into my hand, and I no longer resisted his inclination. I was at first a little shocked at returning to the same house whence we had departed in so unhandsome a manner; but when the drawer, with very civil address, told us, `he believed we had forgot to pay our reckoning,' I became perfectly easy, and very readily gave him a guinea, bid him pay himself, and acquiesced in the unjust charge which had been laid on my memory. Mr Watson now bespoke the most extravagant supper he could well think of; and though he had contented himself with simple claret before, nothing now but the most precious Burgundy would serve his purpose. Our company was soon encreased by the addition of several gentlemen from the gaming-table; most of whom, as I afterwards found, came not to the tavern to drink, but in the way of business; for the true gamesters pretended to be ill, and refused their glass, while they plied heartily two young fellows, who were to be afterwards pillaged, as indeed they were without mercy. Of this plunder I had the good fortune to be a sharer, though I was not yet let into the secret. There was one remarkable accident attended this tavern play; for the money by degrees totally disappeared; so that though at the beginning the table was half covered with gold, yet before the play ended, which it did not till the next day, being Sunday, at noon, there was scarce a single guinea to be seen on the table; and this was the stranger as every person present, except myself, declared he had lost; and what was become of the money, unless the devil himself carried it away, is difficult to determine.", "pos": 874873}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Most certainly he did, for evil spirits can carry away anything without being seen, though there were never so many folk in the room; and I should not have been surprized if he had carried away all the company of a set of wicked wretches, who were at play in sermon time. And I could tell you a true story, if I would, where the devil took a man out of bed from another man's wife, and carried him away through the keyhole of the door. I've seen the very house where it was done, and nobody hath lived in it these thirty years.", "pos": 879772}
{"speaker": "Man of the Hill", "text": "My fellow-collegiate had now entered me in a new scene of life. I soon became acquainted with the whole fraternity of sharpers, and was let into their secrets; I mean, into the knowledge of those gross cheats which are proper to impose upon the raw and unexperienced; for there are some tricks of a finer kind, which are known only to a few of the gang, who are at the head of their profession; a degree of honour beyond my expectation; for drink, to which I was immoderately addicted, and the natural warmth of my passions, prevented me from arriving at any great success in an art which requires as much coolness as the most austere school of philosophy. Mr Watson, with whom I now lived in the closest amity, had unluckily the former failing to a very great excess; so that instead of making a fortune by his profession, as some others did, he was alternately rich and poor, and was often obliged to surrender to his cooler friends, over a bottle which they never tasted, that plunder that he had taken from culls at the public table.", "pos": 880606}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "However, we both made a shift to pick up an uncomfortable livelihood; and for two years I continued of the calling; during which time I tasted all the varieties of fortune, sometimes flourishing in affluence, and at others being obliged to struggle with almost incredible difficulties. To-day wallowing in luxury, and to-morrow reduced to the coarsest and most homely fare. My fine clothes being often on my back in the evening, and at the pawn-shop the next morning.", "pos": 881646}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "One night, as I was returning pennyless from the gaming-table, I observed a very great disturbance, and a large mob gathered together in the street. As I was in no danger from pickpockets, I ventured into the croud, where upon enquiry I found that a man had been robbed and very ill used by some ruffians. The wounded man appeared very bloody, and seemed scarce able to support himself on his legs. As I had not therefore been deprived of my humanity by my present life and conversation, though they had left me very little of either honesty or shame, I immediately offered my assistance to the unhappy person, who thankfully accepted it, and, putting himself under my conduct, begged me to convey him to some tavern, where he might send for a surgeon, being, as he said, faint with loss of blood. He seemed indeed highly pleased at finding one who appeared in the dress of a gentleman; for as to all the rest of the company present, their outside was such that he could not wisely place any confidence in them.", "pos": 882115}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "I took the poor man by the arm, and led him to the tavern where we kept our rendezvous, as it happened to be the nearest at hand. A surgeon happening luckily to be in the house, immediately attended, and applied himself to dressing his wounds, which I had the pleasure to hear were not likely to be mortal.", "pos": 883128}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "The surgeon having very expeditiously and dextrously finished his business, began to enquire in what part of the town the wounded man lodged; who answered, `That he was come to town that very morning; that his horse was at an inn in Piccadilly, and that he had no other lodging, and very little or no acquaintance in town.'", "pos": 883436}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "That he was come to town that very morning; that his horse was at an inn in Piccadilly, and that he had no other lodging, and very little or no acquaintance in town.", "pos": 883593}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "This surgeon, whose name I have forgot, though I remember it began with an R, had the first character in his profession, and was serjeant-surgeon to the king. He had moreover many good qualities, and was a very generous good-natured man, and ready to do any service to his fellow-creatures. He offered his patient the use of his chariot to carry him to his inn, and at the same time whispered in his ear, `That if he wanted any money, he would furnish him.'", "pos": 883761}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "Oh, my son! my son!", "pos": 884399}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "That he had long suffered the greatest anxiety on my account; that he knew not whether he had most feared my death or wished it, since he had so many more dreadful apprehensions for me. At last, he said, a neighbouring gentleman, who had just recovered a son from the same place, informed him where I was; and that to reclaim me from this course of life was the sole cause of his journey to London.", "pos": 885826}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "I had tasted of love already, and perhaps you know the extravagant excesses of that most tender and most violent passion.", "pos": 887448}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Lud forbid we should be tired with good things!", "pos": 890388}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "Ay, ay; Tempus edax rerum", "pos": 890930}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "Fortis, et in seipso totus teres atque rotundus, Externi ne quid valeat per laeve morari; In quem manca ruit semper Fortuna.", "pos": 891394}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Pray let us hear all. I want mightily to know what brought him to Bath.", "pos": 895493}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "You shall hear everything material,", "pos": 895586}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "Mr Watson, very freely acquainted me, that the unhappy situation of his circumstances, occasioned by a tide of ill luck, had in a manner forced him to a resolution of destroying himself.", "pos": 895876}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "You are strangely altered, my good friend, since I remember you. I question whether any of our bishops could make a better argument against suicide than you have entertained me with; but unless you can find somebody who will lend me a cool hundred, I must either hang, or drown, or starve; and, in my opinion, the last death is the most terrible of the three.", "pos": 896624}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "No, no,", "pos": 897776}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "let me but once handsomely be set up again, and if ever Fortune makes a broken merchant of me afterwards, I will forgive her.", "pos": 897796}
{"speaker": "Man of the Hill", "text": "I very well understood the language of setting up, and broken merchant. I therefore said to him, with a very grave face, Mr Watson, you must endeavour to find out some business or employment, by which you may procure yourself a livelihood; and I promise you, could I see any probability of being repaid hereafter, I would advance a much larger sum than what you have mentioned, to equip you in any fair and honourable calling; but as to gaming, besides the baseness and wickedness of making it a profession, you are really, to my own knowledge, unfit for it, and it will end in your certain ruin.", "pos": 897923}
{"speaker": "Watson", "text": "Why now, that's strange, neither you, nor any of my friends, would ever allow me to know anything of the matter, and yet I believe I am as good a hand at every game as any of you all; and I heartily wish I was to play with you only for your whole fortune: I should desire no better sport, and I would let you name your game into the bargain: but come, my dear boy, have you the hundred in your pocket?", "pos": 898522}
{"speaker": "Man of the Hill", "text": "I answered I had only a bill for £50, which I delivered him, and promised to bring him the rest next morning; and after giving him a little more advice, took my leave.", "pos": 898941}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "I was indeed better than my word; for I returned to him that very afternoon. When I entered the room, I found him sitting up in his bed at cards with a notorious gamester. This sight, you will imagine, shocked me not a little; to which I may add the mortification of seeing my bill delivered by him to his antagonist, and thirty guineas only given in exchange for it.", "pos": 899110}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "The other gamester presently quitted the room, and then Watson declared he was ashamed to see me;", "pos": 899479}
{"speaker": "Watson", "text": "but. I find luck runs so damnably against me, that I will resolve to leave off play for ever. I have thought of the kind proposal you made me ever since, and I promise you there shall be no fault in me, if I do not put it in execution.", "pos": 899578}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "Though I had no great faith in his promises, I produced him the remainder of the hundred in consequence of my own; for which he gave me a note, which was all I ever expected to see in return for my money.", "pos": 899827}
{"speaker": "the apothecary", "text": "That the Duke of Monmouth was landed in the west with a vast army of Dutch; and that another vast fleet hovered over the coast of Norfolk, and was to make a descent there, in order to favour the duke's enterprize with a diversion on that side.", "pos": 900314}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "What you say, is very true; and it has often struck me, as the most wonderful thing I ever read of in history, that so soon after this convincing experience which brought our whole nation to join so unanimously in expelling King James, for the preservation of our religion and liberties, there should be a party among us mad enough to desire the placing his family again on the throne.", "pos": 902596}
{"speaker": "Man of the Hill", "text": "You are not in earnest! there can be no such party. As bad an opinion as I have of mankind, I cannot believe them infatuated to such a degree. There may be some hot-headed Papists led by their priests to engage in this desperate cause, and think it a holy war; but that Protestants, that are members of the Church of England, should be such apostates, such felos de se, I cannot believe it; no, no, young man, unacquainted as I am with what has past in the world for these last thirty years, I cannot be so imposed upon as to credit so foolish a tale; but I see you have a mind to sport with my ignorance.", "pos": 903005}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Can it be possible, that you have lived so much out of the world as not to know that during that time there have been two rebellions in favour of the son of King James, one of which is now actually raging in the very heart of the kingdom.", "pos": 903638}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "As mankind, in the days I was speaking of, was not yet arrived at that pitch of madness which I find they are capable of now, and which, to be sure, I have only escaped by living alone, and at a distance from the contagion, there was a considerable rising in favour of Monmouth; and my principles strongly inclining me to take the same part, I determined to join him; and Mr Watson, from different motives concurring in the same resolution (for the spirit of a gamester will carry a man as far upon such an occasion as the spirit of patriotism), we soon provided ourselves with all necessaries, and went to the duke at Bridgewater.", "pos": 904486}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "The unfortunate event of this enterprize, you are, I conclude, as well acquainted with as myself. I escaped, together with Mr Watson, from the battle at Sedgemore, in which action I received a slight wound. We rode near forty miles together on the Exeter road, and then abandoning our horses, scrambled as well as we could through the fields and bye-roads, till we arrived at a little wild hut on a common, where a poor old woman took all the care of us she could, and dressed my wound with salve, which quickly healed it.", "pos": 905119}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Pray, sir, where was the wound?", "pos": 905644}
{"speaker": "Man of the Hill", "text": "Here, sir. Mr Watson left me the next morning, in order, as he pretended, to get us some provision from the town of Collumpton; but--can I relate it, or can you believe it?--this Mr Watson, this friend, this base, barbarous, treacherous villain, betrayed me to a party of horse belonging to King James, and at his return delivered me into their hands.", "pos": 905774}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "The soldiers, being six in number, had now seized me, and were conducting me to Taunton gaol; but neither my present situation, nor the apprehensions of what might happen to me, were half so irksome to my mind as the company of my false friend, who, having surrendered himself, was likewise considered as a prisoner, though he was better treated, as being to make his peace at my expense. He at first endeavoured to excuse his treachery; but when he received nothing but scorn and upbraiding from me, he soon changed his note, abused me as the most atrocious and malicious rebel, and laid all his own guilt to my charge, who, as he declared, had solicited, and even threatened him, to make him take up arms against his gracious as well as lawful sovereign.", "pos": 906138}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "This false evidence (for in reality he had been much the forwarder of the two) stung me to the quick, and raised an indignation scarce conceivable by those who have not felt it. However, fortune at length took pity on me; for as we were got a little beyond Wellington, in a narrow lane, my guards received a false alarm, that near fifty of the enemy were at hand; upon which they shifted for themselves, and left me and my betrayer to do the same. That villain immediately ran from me, and I am glad he did, or I should have certainly endeavoured, though I had no arms, to have executed vengeance on his baseness.", "pos": 906896}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "I was now once more at liberty; and immediately withdrawing from the highway into the fields, I travelled on, scarce knowing which way I went, and making it my chief care to avoid all public roads and all towns--nay, even the most homely houses; for I imagined every human creature whom I saw desirous of betraying me.", "pos": 907511}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "At last, after rambling several days about the country, during which the fields afforded me the same bed and the same food which nature bestows on our savage brothers of the creation, I at length arrived at this place, where the solitude and wildness of the country invited me to fix my abode. The first person with whom I took up my habitation was the mother of this old woman, with whom I remained concealed till the news of the glorious revolution put an end to all my apprehensions of danger, and gave me an opportunity of once more visiting my own home, and of enquiring a little into my affairs, which I soon settled as agreeably to my brother as to myself; having resigned everything to him, for which he paid me the sum of a thousand pounds, and settled on me an annuity for life.", "pos": 907831}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "His behaviour in this last instance, as in all others, was selfish and ungenerous. I could not look on him as my friend, nor indeed did he desire that I should; so I presently took my leave of him, as well as of my other acquaintance; and from that day to this, my history is little better than a blank.", "pos": 908621}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "And is it possible, sir, that you can have resided here from that day to this?", "pos": 908927}
{"speaker": "Man of the Hill", "text": "O no, sir. I have been a great traveller, and there are few parts of Europe with which I am not acquainted.", "pos": 909023}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I have not, sir, the assurance to ask it of you now; indeed it would be cruel, after so much breath as you have already spent: but you will give me leave to wish for some further opportunity of hearing the excellent observations which a man of your sense and knowledge of the world must have made in so long a course of travels.", "pos": 909159}
{"speaker": "Man of the Hill", "text": "Indeed, young gentleman. I will endeavour to satisfy your curiosity on this head likewise, as far as I am able.", "pos": 909506}
{"speaker": "Man of the Hill", "text": "In Italy the landlords are very silent. In France they are more talkative, but yet civil. In Germany and Holland they are generally very impertinent. And as for their honesty, I believe it is pretty equal in all those countries. The laquais à louange are sure to lose no opportunity of cheating you; and as for the postilions, I think they are pretty much alike all the world over. These, sir, are the observations on men which I made in my travels; for these were the only men I ever conversed with. My design, when I went abroad, was to divert myself by seeing the wondrous variety of prospects, beasts, birds, fishes, insects, and vegetables, with which God has been pleased to enrich the several parts of this globe; a variety which, as it must give great pleasure to a contemplative beholder, so doth it admirably display the power, and wisdom, and goodness of the Creator. Indeed, to say the truth, there is but one work in his whole creation that doth him any dishonour, and with that I have long since avoided holding any conversation.", "pos": 913333}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "You will pardon me, but I have always imagined that there is in this very work you mention as great variety as in all the rest; for, besides the difference of inclination, customs and climates have, I am told, introduced the utmost diversity into human nature.", "pos": 914379}
{"speaker": "Man of the Hill", "text": "Very little indeed, those who travel in order to acquaint themselves with the different manners of men might spare themselves much pains by going to a carnival at Venice; for there they will see at once all which they can discover in the several courts of Europe. The same hypocrisy, the same fraud; in short, the same follies and vices dressed in different habits. In Spain, these are equipped with much gravity; and in Italy, with vast splendor. In France, a knave is dressed like a fop; and in the northern countries, like a sloven. But human nature is everywhere the same, everywhere the object of detestation and scorn. As for my own part, I past through all these nations as you perhaps may have done through a croud at a shew-jostling to get by them, holding my nose with one hand, and defending my pockets with the other, without speaking a word to any of them, while I was pressing on to see what I wanted to see; which, however entertaining it might be in itself, scarce made me amends for the trouble the company gave me.", "pos": 914657}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Did not you find some of the nations among which you travelled less troublesome to you than others?", "pos": 915714}
{"speaker": "the old man", "text": "O yes, the Turks were much more tolerable to me than the Christians; for they are men of profound taciturnity, and never disturb a stranger with questions. Now and then indeed they bestow a short curse upon him, or spit in his face as he walks the streets, but then they have done with him; and a man may live an age in their country without hearing a dozen words from them. But of all the people I ever saw, heaven defend me from the French! With their damned prate and civilities, and doing the honour of their nation to strangers (as they are pleased to call it), but indeed setting forth their own vanity; they are so troublesome, that I had infinitely rather pass my life with the Hottentots than set my foot in Paris again. They are a nasty people, but their nastiness is mostly without; whereas, in France, and some other nations that I won't name, it is all within, and makes them stink much more to my reason than that of Hottentots does to my nose. Thus, sir, I have ended the history of my life; for as to all that series of years during which I have lived retired here, it affords no variety to entertain you, and may be almost considered as one day. The retirement has been so compleat, that I could hardly have enjoyed a more absolute solitude in the deserts of the Thebais than here in the midst of this populous kingdom. As I have no estate, I am plagued with no tenants or stewards: my annuity is paid me pretty regularly, as indeed it ought to be; for it is much less than what I might have expected in return for what I gave up. Visits I admit none; and the old woman who keeps my house knows that her place entirely depends upon her saving me all the trouble of buying the things that I want, keeping off all sollicitation or business from me, and holding her tongue whenever I am within hearing. As my walks are all by night, I am pretty secure in this wild unfrequented place from meeting any company. Some few persons I have met by chance, and sent them home heartily frighted, as from the oddness of my dress and figure they took me for a ghost or a hobgoblin. But what has happened to-night shows that even here I cannot be safe from the villany of men; for without your assistance I had not only been robbed, but very probably murdered.", "pos": 915828}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "in which, you may well complain of the want of variety. Indeed I am astonished how you have filled up, or rather killed, so much of your time.", "pos": 918340}
{"speaker": "the other", "text": "I am not at all surprized, that to one whose affections and thoughts are fixed on the world my hours should appear to have wanted employment in this place: but there is one single act, for which the whole life of man is infinitely too short: what time can suffice for the contemplation and worship of that glorious, immortal, and eternal Being, among the works of whose stupendous creation not only this globe, but even those numberless luminaries which we may here behold spangling all the sky, though they should many of them be suns lighting different systems of worlds, may possibly appear but as a few atoms opposed to the whole earth which we inhabit? Can a man who by divine meditations is admitted as it were into the conversation of this ineffable, incomprehensible Majesty, think days, or years, or ages, too long for the continuance of so ravishing an honour? Shall the trifling amusements, the palling pleasures, the silly business of the world, roll away our hours too swiftly from us; and shall the pace of time seem sluggish to a mind exercised in studies so high, so important, and so glorious? As no time is sufficient, so no place is improper, for this great concern. On what object can we cast our eyes which may not inspire us with ideas of his power, of his wisdom, and of his goodness? It is not necessary that the rising sun should dart his fiery glories over the eastern horizon; nor that the boisterous winds should rush from their caverns, and shake the lofty forest; nor that the opening clouds should pour their deluges on the plains: it is not necessary, I say, that any of these should proclaim his majesty: there is not an insect, not a vegetable, of so low an order in the creation as not to be honoured with bearing marks of the attributes of its great Creator; marks not only of his power, but of his wisdom and goodness. Man alone, the king of this globe, the last and greatest work of the Supreme Being, below the sun; man alone hath basely dishonoured his own nature; and by dishonesty, cruelty, ingratitude, and treachery, hath called his Maker's goodness in question, by puzzling us to account how a benevolent being should form so foolish and so vile an animal. Yet this is the being from whose conversation you think, I suppose, that I have been unfortunately restrained, and without whose blessed society, life, in your opinion, must be tedious and insipid.", "pos": 918496}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "In the former part of what you said. I most heartily and readily concur; but I believe, as well as hope, that the abhorrence which you express for mankind in the conclusion, is much too general. Indeed, you here fall into an error, which in my little experience I have observed to be a very common one, by taking the character of mankind from the worst and basest among them; whereas, indeed, as an excellent writer observes, nothing should be esteemed as characteristical of a species, but what is to be found among the best and most perfect individuals of that species. This error, I believe, is generally committed by those who from want of proper caution in the choice of their friends and acquaintance, have suffered injuries from bad and worthless men; two or three instances of which are very unjustly charged on all human nature.", "pos": 920920}
{"speaker": "the other", "text": "I think I had experience enough of it, my first mistress and my first friend betrayed me in the basest manner, and in matters which threatened to be of the worst of consequences--even to bring me to a shameful death.", "pos": 921777}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "But you will pardon me, if I desire you to reflect who that mistress and who that friend were. What better, my good sir, could be expected in love derived from the stews, or in friendship first produced and nourished at the gaming-table? To take the characters of women from the former instance, or of men from the latter, would be as unjust as to assert that air is a nauseous and unwholesome element, because we find it so in a jakes. I have lived but a short time in the world, and yet have known men worthy of the highest friendship, and women of the highest love.", "pos": 922018}
{"speaker": "Man of the Hill", "text": "Alas! young man, you have lived, you confess, but a very short time in the world: I was somewhat older than you when I was of the same opinion.", "pos": 922604}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "You might have remained so still, if you had not been unfortunate, I will venture to say incautious, in the placing your affections. If there was, indeed, much more wickedness in the world than there is, it would not prove such general assertions against human nature, since much of this arrives by mere accident, and many a man who commits evil is not totally bad and corrupt in his heart. In truth, none seem to have any title to assert human nature to be necessarily and universally evil, but those whose own minds afford them one instance of this natural depravity; which is not, I am convinced, your case.", "pos": 922775}
{"speaker": "Man of the Hill", "text": "And such, will be always the most backward to assert any such thing. Knaves will no more endeavour to persuade us of the baseness of mankind, than a highwayman will inform you that there are thieves on the road. This would, indeed, be a method to put you on your guard, and to defeat their own purposes. For which reason, though knaves, as I remember, are very apt to abuse particular persons, yet they never cast any reflection on human nature in general. He never wanted rest less than at present; for that day and night were indifferent seasons to him; and that he commonly made use of the former for the time of his repose and of the latter for his walks and lucubrations. However, it is now a most lovely morning, and if you can bear any longer to be without your own rest or food, I will gladly entertain you with the sight of some very fine prospects which I believe you have not yet seen.", "pos": 923405}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "There is a peculiar propriety in mentioning this great actor, and these two most justly celebrated actresses, in this place, as they have all formed themselves on the study of nature only, and not on the imitation of their predecessors. Hence they have been able to excel all who have gone before them; a degree of merit which the servile herd of imitators can never possibly arrive at.", "pos": 934400}
{"speaker": "the old gentleman", "text": "What he was looking at with so much attention?", "pos": 937529}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Alas! sir. I was endeavouring to trace out my own journey hither. Good heavens! what a distance is Gloucester from us! What a vast track of land must be between me and my own home!", "pos": 937577}
{"speaker": "the old gentleman", "text": "Ay, ay, young gentleman, and by your sighing, from what you love better than your own home, or I am mistaken. I perceive now the object of your contemplation is not within your sight, and yet I fancy you have a pleasure in looking that way.", "pos": 937788}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I find, old friend, you have not yet forgot the sensations of your youth. I own my thoughts were employed as you have guessed.", "pos": 938079}
{"speaker": "the woman", "text": "Nay. I could almost conceive you to be some good angel; and, to say the truth, you look more like an angel than a man in my eye.", "pos": 939764}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I fancy, sir, you did not expect to meet me any more in this world, and I confess I had as little expectation to find you here. However, fortune, I see, hath brought us once more together, and hath given me satisfaction for the injury I have received, even without my own knowledge.", "pos": 941156}
{"speaker": "Northerton", "text": "It is very much like a man of honour, indeed, to take satisfaction by knocking a man down behind his back. Neither am I capable of giving you satisfaction here, as I have no sword; but if you dare behave like a gentleman, let us go where I can furnish myself with one, and I will do by you as a man of honour ought.", "pos": 941452}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Doth it become such a villain as you are, to contaminate the name of honour by assuming it? But I shall waste no time in discourse with you. Justice requires satisfaction of you now, and shall have it.", "pos": 941793}
{"speaker": "the woman", "text": "As to the fellow's escape, it gives me no uneasiness; for philosophy and Christianity both preach up forgiveness of injuries. But for you, sir, I am concerned at the trouble I give you; nay, indeed, my nakedness may well make me ashamed to look you in the face; and if it was not for the sake of your protection, I should wish to go alone.", "pos": 944551}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "With regard to the former. I have done no more than my duty in protecting you; and as for the latter, I will entirely remove it, by walking before you all the way; for I would not have my eyes offend you, and I could not answer for my power of resisting the attractive charms of so much beauty.", "pos": 945097}
{"speaker": "the master of the house", "text": "Heyday, where is that beggar wench going? Stay below stairs, I desire you.", "pos": 946686}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Let the lady come up,", "pos": 946811}
{"speaker": "the husband", "text": "You must pray first to be made able. I believe I am a better man than yourself; ay, every way, that I am;", "pos": 952223}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Zounds! do you intend to kill my friend?", "pos": 953696}
{"speaker": "the serjeant", "text": "I ask pardon, madam; but I am certain I am not deceived; you can be no other person than Captain Waters's lady?", "pos": 959417}
{"speaker": "Mrs Waters", "text": "That she was indeed the unhappy person he imagined her to be; I wonder any one should know me in this disguise.", "pos": 959740}
{"speaker": "the serjeant", "text": "He was very much surprized to see her ladyship in such a dress, and was afraid some accident had happened to her.", "pos": 959898}
{"speaker": "Mrs Waters", "text": "An accident hath happened to me, indeed, and I am highly obliged to this gentleman that it was not a fatal one, or that I am now living to mention it.", "pos": 960015}
{"speaker": "the serjeant", "text": "Whatever the gentleman hath done. I am sure the captain will make him amends for it; and if I can be of any service, your ladyship may command me, and I shall think myself very happy to have it in my power to serve your ladyship; and so indeed may any one, for I know the captain will well reward them for it.", "pos": 960203}
{"speaker": "the landlady", "text": "Lud! madam, how should I have imagined that a lady of your fashion would appear in such a dress? I am sure, madam, if I had once suspected that your ladyship was your ladyship, I would sooner have burnt my tongue out, than have said what I have said; and I hope your ladyship will accept of a gown, till you can get your own cloaths.", "pos": 960803}
{"speaker": "Mrs Waters", "text": "Prithee, woman, cease your impertinence: how can you imagine I should concern myself about anything which comes from the lips of such low creatures as yourself? But I am surprized at your assurance in thinking, after what is past, that I will condescend to put on any of your dirty things. I would have you know, creature, I have a spirit above that.", "pos": 961151}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "for I must confess, our appearance was a little suspicious when first we came in; and I am well assured all this good woman did was, as she professed, out of regard to the reputation of her house.", "pos": 961617}
{"speaker": "the landlady", "text": "Yes, upon my truly was it, the gentleman speaks very much like a gentleman, and I see very plainly is so; and to be certain the house is well known to be a house of as good reputation as any on the road, and though I say it, is frequented by gentry of the best quality, both Irish and English. I defy anybody to say black is my eye, for that matter. And, as I was saying, if I had known your ladyship to be your ladyship, I would as soon have burnt my fingers as have affronted your ladyship; but truly where gentry come and spend their money, I am not willing that they should be scandalized by a set of poor shabby vermin, that, wherever they go, leave more lice than money behind them; such folks never raise my compassion, for to be certain it is foolish to have any for them; and if our justices did as they ought, they would be all whipt out of the kingdom, for to be certain it is what is most fitting for them. But as for your ladyship, I am heartily sorry your ladyship hath had a misfortune, and if your ladyship will do me the honour to wear my cloaths till you can get some of your ladyship's own, to be certain the best I have is at your ladyship's service.", "pos": 961828}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "If you are satisfied, my worthy friend, I promise you I am;", "pos": 963464}
{"speaker": "the serjeant", "text": "Why now, that's friendly, d--n me, I hate to see two people bear ill-will to one another after they have had a tussel. The only way when friends quarrel is to see it out fairly in a friendly manner, as a man may call it, either with a fist, or sword, or pistol, according as they like, and then let it be all over; for my own part, d--n me if ever I love my friend better than when I am fighting with him! To bear malice is more like a Frenchman than an Englishman.", "pos": 964619}
{"speaker": "the Graces", "text": "Say then, ye Graces! you that inhabit the heavenly mansions of Seraphina's countenance; for you are truly divine, are always in her presence, and well know all the arts of charming; say, what were the weapons now used to captivate the heart of Mr Jones.", "pos": 973626}
{"speaker": "Mrs Waters", "text": "First, from two lovely blue eyes, whose bright orbs flashed lightning at their discharge, flew forth two pointed ogles; but, happily for our heroe, hit only a vast piece of beef which he was then conveying into his plate, and harmless spent their force. The fair warrior perceived their miscarriage, and immediately from her fair bosom drew forth a deadly sigh. A sigh which none could have heard unmoved, and which was sufficient at once to have swept off a dozen beaus; so soft, so sweet, so tender, that the insinuating air must have found its subtle way to the heart of our heroe, had it not luckily been driven from his ears by the coarse bubbling of some bottled ale, which at that time he was pouring forth. Many other weapons did she assay; but the god of eating (if there be any such deity, for I do not confidently assert it) preserved his votary; or perhaps it may not be dignus vindice nodus, and the present security of Jones may be accounted for by natural means; for as love frequently preserves from the attacks of hunger, so may hunger possibly, in some cases, defend us against love. The fair one, enraged at her frequent disappointments, determined on a short cessation of arms. Which interval she employed in making ready every engine of amorous warfare for the renewing of the attack when dinner should be over. No sooner then was the cloth removed than she again began her operations. First, having planted her right eye sidewise against Mr Jones, she shot from its corner a most penetrating glance; which, though great part of its force was spent before it reached our heroe, did not vent itself absolutely without effect. This the fair one perceiving, hastily withdrew her eyes, and levelled them downwards, as if she was concerned for what she had done; though by this means she designed only to draw him from his guard, and indeed to open his eyes, through which she intended to surprize his heart. And now, gently lifting up those two bright orbs which had already begun to make an impression on poor Jones, she discharged a volley of small charms at once from her whole countenance in a smile. Not a smile of mirth, nor of joy; but a smile of affection, which most ladies have always ready at their command, and which serves them to show at once their good-humour, their pretty dimples, and their white teeth. This smile our heroe received full in his eyes, and was immediately staggered with its force. He then began to see the designs of the enemy, and indeed to feel their success. A parley now was set on foot between the parties; during which the artful fair so slily and imperceptibly carried on her attack, that she had almost subdued the heart of our heroe before she again repaired to acts of hostility. To confess the truth, I am afraid Mr Jones maintained a kind of Dutch defence, and treacherously delivered up the garrison, without duly weighing his allegiance to the fair Sophia. In short, no sooner had the amorous parley ended and the lady had unmasked the royal battery, by carelessly letting her handkerchief drop from her neck, than the heart of Mr Jones was entirely taken, and the fair conqueror enjoyed the usual fruits of her victory.", "pos": 973882}
{"speaker": "Mr Waters", "text": "Some folks used indeed to doubt whether they were lawfully married in a church or no. But, for my part, that's no business of mine: I must own, if I was put to my corporal oath, I believe she is little better than one of us; and I fancy the captain may go to heaven when the sun shines upon a rainy day. But if he does, that is neither here nor there; for he won't want company. And the lady, to give the devil his due, is a very good sort of lady, and loves the cloth, and is always desirous to do strict justice to it; for she hath begged off many a poor soldier, and, by her good-will, would never have any of them punished. But yet, to be sure, Ensign Northerton and she were very well acquainted together at our last quarters; that is the very right and truth of the matter. But the captain he knows nothing about it; and as long as there is enough for him too, what does it signify? He loves her not a bit the worse, and I am certain would run any man through the body that was to abuse her; therefore I won't abuse her, for my part. I only repeat what other folks say; and, to be certain, what everybody says, there must be some truth in.", "pos": 978184}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Veritas odium parit", "pos": 979410}
{"speaker": "Mrs Waters", "text": "who", "pos": 980679}
{"speaker": "Mrs Waters", "text": "was under the utmost uneasiness at being prevented from pursuing her journey. She is a sweet pretty creature, and I am certain I have seen her face before. I fancy she is in love, and running away from her friends. Who knows but some young gentleman or other may be expecting her, with a heart as heavy as her own?", "pos": 987357}
{"speaker": "the gentleman", "text": "Upon my shoul. I have been near catching her already in two or three places, if I had not found her gone just as I came up with her. If she be in the house, do carry me up in the dark and show her to me; and if she be gone away before me, do tell me which way I shall go after her to meet her, and, upon my shoul, I will make you the richest poor woman in the nation.", "pos": 1004906}
{"speaker": "Mr Maclachlan", "text": "Mr Fitzpatrick, what the devil is the maning of this?", "pos": 1009709}
{"speaker": "Mr Fitzpatrick", "text": "O, Mr Maclachlan! I am rejoiced you are here.--This villain hath debauched my wife, and is got into bed with her.", "pos": 1009808}
{"speaker": "Maclachlan", "text": "What wife? do not I know Mrs Fitzpatrick very well, and don't I see that the lady, whom the gentleman who stands here in his shirt is lying in bed with, is none of her?", "pos": 1009925}
{"speaker": "Fitzpatrick", "text": "I would have you take notice I do not ask your pardon, for you have bate me; for which I am resolved to have your blood in the morning.", "pos": 1010412}
{"speaker": "Mr Maclachlan", "text": "Indeed, Mr Fitzpatrick, you may be ashamed of your own self, to disturb people at this time of night; if all the people in the inn were not asleep, you would have awakened them as you have me. The gentleman has served you very rightly. Upon my conscience, though I have no wife, if you had treated her so, I would have cut your throat.", "pos": 1010624}
{"speaker": "Mrs Waters", "text": "I know not what you mean, villains! I am wife to none of you. Help! Rape! Murder! Rape! She thought herself in a sober inn, and not in a bawdy-house; but that a set of villains had broke into her room, with an intent upon her honour, if not upon her life; and both, she said, were equally dear to her.", "pos": 1011313}
{"speaker": "the landlady", "text": "She was undone, and that the reputation of her house, which was never blown upon before, was utterly destroyed. What, in the devil's name, is the reason of all this disturbance in the lady's room?", "pos": 1011818}
{"speaker": "Fitzpatrick", "text": "That he had committed a mistake, for which he heartily asked pardon,", "pos": 1012102}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "That he had run to her assistance upon hearing the door broke open, with what design he could not conceive, unless of robbing the lady; which, if they intended, he said, he had the good fortune to prevent.", "pos": 1012308}
{"speaker": "the landlady", "text": "I never had a robbery committed in my house since I have kept it. I would have you to know, sir, I harbour no highwaymen here; I scorn the word, thof I say it. None but honest, good gentlefolks, are welcome to my house; and, I thank good luck, I have always had enow of such customers; indeed as many as I could entertain. Here hath been my lord--,", "pos": 1012516}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "That nothing but a concern for her safety could have prevailed on him to do it.", "pos": 1013180}
{"speaker": "Mrs Waters", "text": "she hoped to enjoy unmolested during the remainder of the night.", "pos": 1014695}
{"speaker": "the landlady", "text": "A likely story, truly, that a woman should cry out, and endeavour to expose herself, if that was the case! I desire to know what better proof any lady can give of her virtue than her crying out, which, I believe, twenty people can witness for her she did? I beg, madam, you would spread no such scandal of any of my guests; for it will not only reflect on them, but upon the house; and I am sure no vagabonds, nor wicked beggarly people, come here.", "pos": 1015973}
{"speaker": "Susan", "text": "Well, then I must not believe my own eyes.", "pos": 1016437}
{"speaker": "the landlady", "text": "No, indeed, must you not always. I would not have believed my own eyes against such good gentlefolks. I have not had a better supper ordered this half-year than they ordered last night; and so easy and good-humoured were they, that they found no fault with my Worcestershire perry, which I sold them for champagne; and to be sure it is as well tasted and as wholesome as the best champagne in the kingdom, otherwise I would scorn to give it 'em; and they drank me two bottles. No, no, I will never believe any harm of such sober good sort of people. And so you tell me, that the strange gentleman came post, and there is a footman without with the horses; why, then, he is certainly some of your great gentlefolks too. Why did not you ask him whether he'd have any supper? I think he is in the other gentleman's room; go up and ask whether he called. Perhaps he'll order something when he finds anybody stirring in the house to dress it. Now don't commit any of your usual blunders, by telling him the fire's out, and the fowls alive. And if he should order mutton, don't blab out that we have none. The butcher, I know, killed a sheep just before I went to bed, and he never refuses to cut it up warm when I desire it. Go, remember there's all sorts of mutton and fowls; go, open the door with, Gentlemen, d'ye call? and if they say nothing, ask what his honour will be pleased to have for supper? Don't forget his honour. Go; if you don't mind all these matters better, you'll never come to anything. Two gentlemen, in the same bed! that's impossible; they are two arrant scrubs, I warrant them; and I believe young Squire Allworthy guessed right, that the fellow intended to rob her ladyship; for, if he had broke open the lady's door with any of the wicked designs of a gentleman, he would never have sneaked away to another room to save the expense of a supper and a bed to himself. They are certainly thieves, and their searching after a wife is nothing but a pretence.", "pos": 1016496}
{"speaker": "The lady in the rich habit", "text": "If you will give me leave, madam, I will warm myself a few minutes at your kitchen fire, for it is really very cold; but I must insist on disturbing no one from his seat.", "pos": 1022076}
{"speaker": "Her companion", "text": "I wish, madam, your ladyship would not think of going any farther to-night. I am terribly afraid your ladyship will not be able to bear the fatigue.", "pos": 1022923}
{"speaker": "the landlady", "text": "Why sure, her ladyship's honour can never intend it. O, bless me! farther to-night, indeed! let me beseech your ladyship not to think on't----But, to be sure, your ladyship can't. What will your honour be pleased to have for supper? I have mutton of all kinds, and some nice chicken.", "pos": 1023094}
{"speaker": "the lady", "text": "I think, madam, it would be rather breakfast than supper; but I can't eat anything; and, if I stay, shall only lie down for an hour or two. However, if you please, madam, you may get me a little sack whey, made very small and thin.", "pos": 1023402}
{"speaker": "the mistress of the house", "text": "Yes, madam. I have some excellent white wine.", "pos": 1023652}
{"speaker": "the lady", "text": "You have no sack, then?", "pos": 1023736}
{"speaker": "the mistress of the house", "text": "Yes, an't please your honour, I have; I may challenge the country for that--but let me beg your ladyship to eat something.", "pos": 1023777}
{"speaker": "the lady", "text": "Upon my word, I can't eat a morsel, and I shall be much obliged to you if you will please to get my apartment ready as soon as possible; for I am resolved to be on horseback again in three hours.", "pos": 1023902}
{"speaker": "the landlady", "text": "Why, Susan, is there a fire lit yet in the Wild-goose? I am sorry, madam, all my best rooms are full. Several people of the first quality are now in bed. Here's a great young squire, and many other great gentlefolks of quality.", "pos": 1024121}
{"speaker": "Susan", "text": "That the Irish gentlemen were got into the Wild-goose.", "pos": 1024389}
{"speaker": "the mistress", "text": "Was ever anything like it?", "pos": 1024446}
{"speaker": "mistress", "text": "why the devil would you not keep some of the best rooms for the quality, when you know scarce a day passes without some calling here?----If they be gentlemen, I am certain, when they know it is for her ladyship, they will get up again.", "pos": 1024494}
{"speaker": "lady", "text": "Not upon my account. I will have no person disturbed for me. If you have a room that is commonly decent, it will serve me very well, though it be never so plain. I beg, madam, you will not give yourself so much trouble on my account.", "pos": 1024732}
{"speaker": "other", "text": "O, madam! I have several very good rooms for that matter, but none good enough for your honour's ladyship. However, as you are so condescending to take up with the best I have, do, Susan, get a fire in the Rose this minute. Will your ladyship be pleased to go up now, or stay till the fire is lighted?", "pos": 1024985}
{"speaker": "lady", "text": "I think I have sufficiently warmed myself, so, if you please, I will go now; I am afraid I have kept people, and particularly that gentleman (meaning Partridge), too long in the cold already. Indeed, I cannot bear to think of keeping any person from the fire this dreadful weather.", "pos": 1025308}
{"speaker": "post-boy", "text": "She's a true good lady, I warrant her, for she hath mercy upon dumb creatures; for she asked me every now and tan upon the journey, if I did not think she should hurt the horses by riding too fast? and when she came in she charged me to give them as much corn as ever they would eat.", "pos": 1026297}
{"speaker": "Landlady", "text": "Do you think, then,", "pos": 1028393}
{"speaker": "waiting-gentlewoman", "text": "that I have the stomach of a horse, to eat mutton at this time of night? Sure you people that keep inns imagine your betters are like yourselves. Indeed, I expected to get nothing at this wretched place. I wonder my lady would stop at it. I suppose none but tradesmen and grasiers ever call here.", "pos": 1028449}
{"speaker": "Landlady", "text": "Very good quality frequented it, she thanked heaven!", "pos": 1028878}
{"speaker": "waiting-gentlewoman", "text": "Don't tell me, of quality! I believe I know more of people of quality than such as you.--But, prithee, without troubling me with any of your impertinence, do tell me what I can have for supper; for, though I cannot eat horse-flesh, I am really hungry.", "pos": 1028933}
{"speaker": "Landlady", "text": "Why, truly, madam, you could not take me again at such a disadvantage; for I must confess I have nothing in the house, unless a cold piece of beef, which indeed a gentleman's footman and the post-boy have almost cleared to the bone.", "pos": 1029206}
{"speaker": "Mrs Abigail", "text": "Woman. I entreat you not to make me sick. If I had fasted a month, I could not eat what had been touched by the fingers of such fellows. Is there nothing neat or decent to be had in this horrid place?", "pos": 1029466}
{"speaker": "Landlady", "text": "What think you of some eggs and bacon, madam?", "pos": 1029725}
{"speaker": "Mrs Abigail", "text": "Are your eggs new laid? are you certain they were laid to-day? and let me have the bacon cut very nice and thin; for I can't endure anything that's gross.--Prithee try if you can do a little tolerably for once, and don't think you have a farmer's wife, or some of those creatures, in the house. Good woman, I must insist upon your first washing your hands; for I am extremely nice, and have been always used from my cradle to have everything in the most elegant manner.", "pos": 1029792}
{"speaker": "Mrs Abigail", "text": "And so, madam, you tell me your house is frequented by people of great quality?", "pos": 1032150}
{"speaker": "Landlady", "text": "There were a great many very good quality and gentlefolks in it now. There's young Squire Allworthy, as that gentleman there knows.", "pos": 1032282}
{"speaker": "Mrs Abigail", "text": "Who should he be,", "pos": 1032510}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "but the son and heir of the great Squire Allworthy, of Somersetshire!", "pos": 1032550}
{"speaker": "Mrs Abigail", "text": "Upon my word, you tell me strange news; for I know Mr Allworthy of Somersetshire very well, and I know he hath no son alive.", "pos": 1032622}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Indeed, madam, it is true, everybody doth not know him to be Squire Allworthy's son; for he was never married to his mother; but his son he certainly is, and will be his heir too, as certainly as his name is Jones.", "pos": 1032893}
{"speaker": "Mrs Abigail", "text": "You surprize me, sir! Is it possible Mr Jones should be now in the house?", "pos": 1033204}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Quare non? it is possible, and it is certain.", "pos": 1033280}
{"speaker": "maid", "text": "Madam--madam--who doth your ladyship think is in the house?", "pos": 1034262}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I hope my father hath not overtaken us.", "pos": 1034352}
{"speaker": "maid", "text": "No, madam, it is one worth a hundred fathers; Mr Jones himself is here at this very instant.", "pos": 1034394}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Mr Jones! it is impossible! I cannot be so fortunate.", "pos": 1034489}
{"speaker": "Landlady", "text": "Never a barrel the better herring,", "pos": 1035212}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Noscitur a socio, is a true saying. It must be confessed, indeed, that the lady in the fine garments is the civiller of the two; but I warrant neither of them are a bit better than they should be. A couple of Bath trulls, I'll answer for them; your quality don't ride about at this time o' night without servants.", "pos": 1035259}
{"speaker": "Landlady", "text": "Sbodlikins, and that's true, you have certainly hit upon the very matter; for quality don't come into a house without bespeaking a supper, whether they eat or no. he was the squire's friend: but, for her part, she never called men-folks, especially gentlemen,", "pos": 1035575}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "for my friend went to bed very late, and he would be very angry to be disturbed so soon. went to bed very late, and he would be very angry to be disturbed so soon.", "pos": 1036189}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "she was sure, instead of being angry, that he would be to the highest degree delighted when he knew the occasion.", "pos": 1036347}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Another time, perhaps, he might, but non omnia possumus omnes. One woman is enough at once for a reasonable man.", "pos": 1036463}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "What do you mean by one woman, fellow?", "pos": 1036597}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "None of your fellow,", "pos": 1036652}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I never can believe this; some villain hath belied him. You say you had it from his friend; but surely it is not the office of a friend to betray such secrets.", "pos": 1037672}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "I suppose the fellow is his pimp; for I never saw so ill-looked a villain. Besides, such profligate rakes as Mr Jones are never ashamed of these matters.", "pos": 1037851}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Come hither, child; now answer me truly what I am going to ask you, and I promise you I will very well reward you. Is there a young gentleman in this house, a handsome young gentleman, that----.", "pos": 1039156}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "A young gentleman, that came hither in company with that saucy rascal who is now in the kitchen?", "pos": 1039393}
{"speaker": "Susan", "text": "There was.", "pos": 1039524}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "any lady? I don't ask you whether she is handsome or no; perhaps she is not; that's nothing to the purpose; but do you know of any lady?", "pos": 1039592}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "you will make a very bad examiner. Hark'ee, child, is not that very young gentleman now in bed with some nasty trull or other?", "pos": 1039758}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "A guinea! madam,", "pos": 1040009}
{"speaker": "Susan", "text": "la, what's a guinea? If my mistress should know it I shall certainly lose my place that very instant.", "pos": 1040041}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Here's another for you, and I promise you faithfully your mistress shall never know it.", "pos": 1040145}
{"speaker": "Susan", "text": "If you have any great curiosity, madam, I can steal softly into his room, and see whether he be in his own bed or no.", "pos": 1040354}
{"speaker": "Susan", "text": "Why, madam, that man told us all in the kitchen that Madam Sophia Western--indeed I don't know how to bring it out. He told us, madam, though to be sure it is all a lie, that your ladyship was dying for love of the young squire, and that he was going to the wars to get rid of you. I thought to myself then he was a false-hearted wretch; but, now, to see such a fine, rich, beautiful lady as you be, forsaken for such an ordinary woman; for to be sure so she is, and another man's wife into the bargain. It is such a strange unnatural thing, in a manner.", "pos": 1041128}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "That she never was more easy than at present. I am now convinced, he is not only a villain, but a low despicable wretch. I can forgive all rather than his exposing my name in so barbarous a manner. That renders him the object of my contempt. Yes, Honour, I am now easy; I am indeed; I am very easy;", "pos": 1042154}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "It is, sir, an old saying, and a true one, that a wise man may sometimes learn counsel from a fool; I wish, therefore, I might be so bold as to offer you my advice, which is to return home again, and leave these horrida bella, these bloody wars, to fellows who are contented to swallow gunpowder, because they have nothing else to eat. Now, everybody knows your honour wants for nothing at home; when that's the case, why should any man travel abroad?", "pos": 1044788}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Partridge, thou art certainly a coward; I wish, therefore, thou wouldst return home thyself, and trouble me no more.", "pos": 1045242}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "I ask your honour's pardon. I spoke on your account more than my own; for as to me, Heaven knows my circumstances are bad enough, and I am so far from being afraid, that I value a pistol, or a blunderbuss, or any such thing, no more than a pop-gun. Every man must die once, and what signifies the manner how? besides, perhaps I may come off with the loss only of an arm or a leg. I assure you, sir, I was never less afraid in my life; and so, if your honour is resolved to go on, I am resolved to follow you. But, in that case, I wish I might give my opinion. To be sure, it is a scandalous way of travelling, for a great gentleman like you to walk afoot. Now here are two or three good horses in the stable, which the landlord will certainly make no scruple of trusting you with; but, if he should, I can easily contrive to take them; and, let the worst come to the worst, the king would certainly pardon you, as you are going to fight in his cause.", "pos": 1045376}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Heyday! I believe they got into your chamber whether I would or no; for here lies the muff of one of them on the ground.", "pos": 1047411}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Oh Heavens! how came this muff here?", "pos": 1048133}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "I know no more than your honour, but I saw it upon the arm of one of the women who would have disturbed you, if I would have suffered them.", "pos": 1048172}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Where are they?", "pos": 1048333}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Many miles off, I believe, by this time,", "pos": 1048416}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "We have got the dog fox, I warrant the bitch is not far off.", "pos": 1054663}
{"speaker": "Parson Supple", "text": "It is folly to deny it; for why, the marks of guilt are in thy hands. I will myself asseverate and bind it by an oath, that the muff thou bearest in thy hand belongeth unto Madam Sophia; for I have frequently observed her, of later days, to bear it about her.", "pos": 1055123}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "My daughter's muff! Hath he got my daughter's muff? bear witness the goods are found upon him. I'll have him before a justice of peace this instant. Where is my daughter, villain?", "pos": 1055385}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Sir. Sir, I beg you would be pacified. The muff, I acknowledge, is the young lady's; but, upon my honour, I have never seen her.", "pos": 1055597}
{"speaker": "Fitzpatrick", "text": "Upon my conscience, sir, you may be ashamed of denying your having seen the gentleman's daughter before my face, when you know I found you there upon the bed together.", "pos": 1056069}
{"speaker": "Fitzpatrick", "text": "The law concerning daughters was out of the present case; that stealing a muff was undoubtedly felony, and the goods being found upon the person, were sufficient evidence of the fact.", "pos": 1058603}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Not to be found! Zounds and d--nation! Blood and fury! Where, when, how, what--Not to be found! Where?", "pos": 1064038}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "La! brother, you are always throwing yourself into such violent passions for nothing. My niece, I suppose, is only walked out into the garden. I protest you are grown so unreasonable, that it is impossible to live in the house with you.", "pos": 1064188}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Nay, nay, if that be all the matter, it signifies not much; but, upon my soul, my mind misgave me when the fellow said she was not to be found.", "pos": 1064477}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Brother, I am sorry for what hath happened; and that my niece should have behaved herself in a manner so unbecoming her family; but it is all your own doings, and you have nobody to thank but yourself. You know she hath been educated always in a manner directly contrary to my advice, and now you see the consequence. Have I not a thousand times argued with you about giving my niece her own will? But you know I never could prevail upon you; and when I had taken so much pains to eradicate her headstrong opinions, and to rectify your errors in policy, you know she was taken out of my hands; so that I have nothing to answer for. Had I been trusted entirely with the care of her education, no such accident as this had ever befallen you; so that you must comfort yourself by thinking it was all your own doing; and, indeed, what else could be expected from such indulgence?", "pos": 1066455}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Zounds! sister, you are enough to make one mad. Have I indulged her? Have I given her her will?----It was no longer ago than last night that I threatened, if she disobeyed me, to confine her to her chamber upon bread and water as long as she lived.----You would provoke the patience of Job.", "pos": 1067333}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Did ever mortal hear the like? Brother, if I had not the patience of fifty Jobs, you would make me forget all decency and decorum. Why would you interfere? Did I not beg you, did I not intreat you, to leave the whole conduct to me? You have defeated all the operations of the campaign by one false step. Would any man in his senses have provoked a daughter by such threats as these? How often have I told you that English women are not to be treated like Ciracessian slaves. We have the protection of the world; we are to be won by gentle means only, and not to be hectored, and bullied, and beat into compliance. I thank Heaven no Salique law governs here. Brother, you have a roughness in your manner which no woman but myself would bear. I do not wonder my niece was frightened and terrified into taking this measure; and, to speak honestly, I think my niece will be justified to the world for what she hath done. I repeat it to you again, brother, you must comfort yourself by rememb'ring that it is all your own fault. How often have I advised--", "pos": 1067641}
{"speaker": "Blifil", "text": "as they must be considered, to have proceeded from the too inordinate fondness of a father, which must be allowed the name of an amiable weakness.", "pos": 1069123}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "So much the more inexcuseable, for whom doth he ruin by his fondness but his own child? But he was (says she) always of a violent, headstrong temper; and I can scarce forgive myself for all the advice I have thrown away upon him.", "pos": 1069283}
{"speaker": "the guide", "text": "If her ladyship did not expect to meet another lady?", "pos": 1072417}
{"speaker": "the guide", "text": "That measter had ordered him to go a different way, and that he should lose his place if he went any other than that he was ordered.", "pos": 1075626}
{"speaker": "the lad", "text": "Gentlevolks did not consider the case of poor volks; that he had like to have been turned away the other day, for riding about the country with a gentleman from Squire Allworthy's, who did not reward him as he should have done.", "pos": 1076332}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "With whom?", "pos": 1076562}
{"speaker": "the lad", "text": "With a gentleman from Squire Allworthy's, the squire's son, I think they call 'un.", "pos": 1076596}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Whither? which way did he go?", "pos": 1076702}
{"speaker": "the lad", "text": "Why, a little o' one side o' Bristol, about twenty miles off,", "pos": 1076748}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Guide me, to the same place, and I'll give thee a guinea, or two, if one is not sufficient.", "pos": 1076831}
{"speaker": "the lad", "text": "To be certain, it is honestly worth two, when your ladyship considers what a risk I run; but, however, if your ladyship will promise me the two guineas, I'll e'en venture: to be certain it is a sinful thing to ride about my measter's horses; but one comfort is, I can only be turned away, and two guineas will partly make me amends.", "pos": 1076941}
{"speaker": "the landlady", "text": "Good lack-a-day! why there now, who would have thought it? I protest the loveliest couple that ever eye beheld. I-fackins, madam, it is no wonder the squire run on so about your ladyship. He told me indeed you was the finest lady in the world, and to be sure so you be. Mercy on him, poor heart! I bepitied him, so I did, when he used to hug his pillow, and call it his dear Madam Sophia. I did all I could to dissuade him from going to the wars: I told him there were men enow that were good for nothing else but to be killed, that had not the love of such fine ladies.", "pos": 1079253}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Sure, the good woman is distracted.", "pos": 1079826}
{"speaker": "the landlady", "text": "No, no. I am not distracted. What, doth your ladyship think I don't know then? I assure you he told me all.", "pos": 1079879}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "What saucy fellow, told you anything of my lady?", "pos": 1080011}
{"speaker": "the landlady", "text": "No saucy fellow, but the young gentleman you enquired after, and a very pretty young gentleman he is, and he loves Madam Sophia Western to the bottom of his soul.", "pos": 1080078}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "He love my lady! I'd have you to know, woman, she is meat for his master.", "pos": 1080268}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Nay, Honour, don't be angry with the good woman; she intends no harm.", "pos": 1080345}
{"speaker": "the landlady", "text": "No, marry, don't I,", "pos": 1080450}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "that he must be a very pitiful fellow, and could have no love for a lady, whose name he would thus prostitute in an ale-house.", "pos": 1080818}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "For heaven's sake, madam, consider what you are about, and whither you are going.", "pos": 1082068}
{"speaker": "Shakespear", "text": "Who steals my purse steals trash; 't is something, nothing; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and hath been slave to thousands: But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that WHICH NOT ENRICHES HIM, BUT MAKES ME POOR INDEED.", "pos": 1089239}
{"speaker": "Macduff", "text": "Alas! Thou hast written no book.", "pos": 1090099}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "She was very happy to find they were both travelling the same way.", "pos": 1096956}
{"speaker": "Mrs Fitzpatrick", "text": "That the happiness was entirely hers; that she was a perfect stranger in that country, and was so overjoyed at meeting a companion of her own sex, that she had perhaps been guilty of an impertinence, which required great apology, in keeping pace with her.", "pos": 1097101}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "which I suppose, can hardly be far distant; and, believe me, Harriet, I suspend as much curiosity on my side; for, indeed, I believe our astonishment is pretty equal.", "pos": 1100290}
{"speaker": "Landlord", "text": "what she thought of the ladies lately arrived?", "pos": 1106359}
{"speaker": "Landlord's wife", "text": "Think of them? why, what should I think of them?", "pos": 1106408}
{"speaker": "Landlord", "text": "I know, what I think. The guides tell strange stories. One pretends to be come from Gloucester, and the other from Upton; and neither of them, for what I can find, can tell whither they are going. But what people ever travel across the country from Upton hither, especially to London? And one of the maid-servants, before she alighted from her horse, asked if this was not the London road? Now I have put all these circumstances together, and whom do you think I have found them out to be?", "pos": 1106476}
{"speaker": "Landlord's wife", "text": "Nay, you know I never pretend to guess at your discoveries.", "pos": 1106983}
{"speaker": "Landlord", "text": "It is a good girl. I must own you have always submitted to my knowledge of these matters. Why, then, depend upon it; mind what I say--depend upon it, they are certainly some of the rebel ladies, who, they say, travel with the young Chevalier; and have taken a roundabout way to escape the duke's army.", "pos": 1107064}
{"speaker": "Landlord's wife", "text": "Husband, you have certainly hit it; for one of them is dressed as fine as any princess; and, to be sure, she looks for all the world like one.----But yet, when I consider one thing", "pos": 1107411}
{"speaker": "Landlord", "text": "When you consider. Come, pray let's hear what you consider.", "pos": 1107615}
{"speaker": "Landlord's wife", "text": "Why, it is, that she is too humble to be any very great lady: for, while our Betty was warming the bed, she called her nothing but child, and my dear, and sweetheart; and, when Betty offered to pull off her shoes and stockings, she would not suffer her, saying, she would not give her the trouble.", "pos": 1107719}
{"speaker": "Landlord", "text": "Pugh! that is nothing. Dost think, because you have seen some great ladies rude and uncivil to persons below them, that none of them know how to behave themselves when they come before their inferiors? I think I know people of fashion when I see them--I think I do. Did not she call for a glass of water when she came in? Another sort of women would have called for a dram; you know they would. If she be not a woman of very great quality, sell me for a fool; and, I believe, those who buy me will have a bad bargain. Now, would a woman of her quality travel without a footman, unless upon some such extraordinary occasion?", "pos": 1108040}
{"speaker": "Landlord's wife", "text": "Nay, to be sure, husband, you know these matters better than I, or most folk.", "pos": 1108690}
{"speaker": "Landlord", "text": "I think I do know something,", "pos": 1108783}
{"speaker": "Landlord's wife", "text": "To be sure, the poor little heart looked so piteous, when she sat down in the chair, I protest I could not help having a compassion for her almost as much as if she had been a poor body. But what's to be done, husband? If an she be a rebel, I suppose you intend to betray her up to the court. Well, she's a sweet-tempered, good-humoured lady, be she what she will, and I shall hardly refrain from crying when I hear she is hanged or beheaded.", "pos": 1108823}
{"speaker": "Landlord", "text": "Pooh! But, as to what's to be done, it is not so easy a matter to determine. I hope, before she goes away, we shall have the news of a battle; for, if the Chevalier should get the better, she may gain us interest at court, and make our fortunes without betraying her.", "pos": 1109289}
{"speaker": "Landlord's wife", "text": "Why, that's true, and I heartily hope she will have it in her power. Certainly she's a sweet good lady; it would go horribly against me to have her come to any harm.", "pos": 1109586}
{"speaker": "Landlord", "text": "Pooh! women are always so tender-hearted. Why, you would not harbour rebels, would you?", "pos": 1109774}
{"speaker": "Landlord's wife", "text": "No, certainly, and as for betraying her, come what will on't, nobody can blame us. It is what anybody would do in our case.", "pos": 1109886}
{"speaker": "Jacobite squire", "text": "All's our own, boy, ten thousand honest Frenchmen are landed in Suffolk. Old England for ever! ten thousand French, my brave lad! I am going to tap away directly.", "pos": 1110485}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "stay till the next morning, and not expose herself to the dangers of travelling by night.", "pos": 1113608}
{"speaker": "Mrs Fitzpatrick", "text": "It is natural to the unhappy to feel a secret concern in recollecting those periods of their lives which have been most delightful to them. The remembrance of past pleasures affects us with a kind of tender grief, like what we suffer for departed friends; and the ideas of both may be said to haunt our imaginations. For this reason, I never reflect without sorrow on those days (the happiest far of my life) which we spent together when both were under the care of my aunt Western. Alas! why are Miss Graveairs and Miss Giddy no more? You remember, I am sure, when we knew each other by no other names. Indeed, you gave the latter appellation with too much cause. I have since experienced how much I deserved it. You, my Sophia, was always my superior in everything, and I heartily hope you will be so in your fortune. I shall never forget the wise and matronly advice you once gave me, when I lamented being disappointed of a ball, though you could not be then fourteen years old.----O my Sophy, how blest must have been my situation, when I could think such a disappointment a misfortune; and when indeed it was the greatest I had ever known!", "pos": 1115411}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "And yet, my dear Harriet,", "pos": 1116560}
{"speaker": "Mrs Fitzpatrick", "text": "Alas, my Sophia, you yourself will think otherwise of my present situation; for greatly must that tender heart be altered if my misfortunes do not draw many a sigh, nay, many a tear, from you. The knowledge of this should perhaps deter me from relating what I am convinced will so much affect you. Though you must have heard much of my marriage; yet, as matters may probably have been misrepresented, I will set out from the very commencement of my unfortunate acquaintance with my present husband; which was at Bath, soon after you left my aunt, and returned home to your father. Among the gay young fellows who were at this season at Bath, Mr Fitzpatrick was one. He was handsome, dégagé, extremely gallant, and in his dress exceeded most others. In short, my dear, if you was unluckily to see him now, I could describe him no better than by telling you he was the very reverse of everything which he is: for he hath rusticated himself so long, that he is become an absolute wild Irishman. But to proceed in my story: the qualifications which he then possessed so well recommended him, that, though the people of quality at that time lived separate from the rest of the company, and excluded them from all their parties, Mr Fitzpatrick found means to gain admittance. It was perhaps no easy matter to avoid him; for he required very little or no invitation; and as, being handsome and genteel, he found it no very difficult matter to ingratiate himself with the ladies, so, he having frequently drawn his sword, the men did not care publickly to affront him. Had it not been for some such reason, I believe he would have been soon expelled by his own sex; for surely he had no strict title to be preferred to the English gentry; nor did they seem inclined to show him any extraordinary favour. They all abused him behind his back, which might probably proceed from envy; for by the women he was well received, and very particularly distinguished by them. My aunt, though no person of quality herself, as she had always lived about the court, was enrolled in that party; for, by whatever means you get into the polite circle, when you are once there, it is sufficient merit for you that you are there. This observation, young as you was, you could scarce avoid making from my aunt, who was free, or reserved, with all people, just as they had more or less of this merit. And this merit, I believe, it was, which principally recommended Mr Fitzpatrick to her favour. In which he so well succeeded, that he was always one of her private parties. Nor was he backward in returning such distinction; for he soon grew so very particular in his behaviour to her, that the scandal club first began to take notice of it, and the better-disposed persons made a match between them. For my own part, I confess, I made no doubt but that his designs were strictly honourable, as the phrase is; that is, to rob a lady of her fortune by way of marriage. My aunt was, I conceived, neither young enough nor handsome enough to attract much wicked inclination; but she had matrimonial charms in great abundance. I was the more confirmed in this opinion from the extraordinary respect which he showed to myself from the first moment of our acquaintance. This I understood as an attempt to lessen, if possible, that disinclination which my interest might be supposed to give me towards the match; and I know not but in some measure it had that effect; for, as I was well contented with my own fortune, and of all people the least a slave to interested views, so I could not be violently the enemy of a man with whose behaviour to me I was greatly pleased; and the more so, as I was the only object of such respect; for he behaved at the same time to many women of quality without any respect at all. Agreeable as this was to me, he soon changed it into another kind of behaviour, which was perhaps more so. He now put on much softness and tenderness, and languished and sighed abundantly. At times, indeed, whether from art or nature I will not determine, he gave his usual loose to gaiety and mirth; but this was always in general company, and with other women; for even in a country-dance, when he was not my partner, he became grave, and put on the softest look imaginable the moment he approached me. Indeed he was in all things so very particular towards me, that I must have been blind not to have discovered it. And, and, and----", "pos": 1116823}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "And you was more pleased still, my dear Harriet, you need not be ashamed, for sure there are irresistible charms in tenderness, which too many men are able to affect.", "pos": 1121340}
{"speaker": "Mrs Fitzpatrick", "text": "True, men, who in all other instances want common sense, are very Machiavels in the art of loving. I wish I did not know an instance.--Well, scandal now began to be as busy with me as it had before been with my aunt; and some good ladies did not scruple to affirm that Mr Fitzpatrick had an intrigue with us both. But, what may seem astonishing, my aunt never saw, nor in the least seemed to suspect, that which was visible enough, I believe, from both our behaviours. One would indeed think that love quite puts out the eyes of an old woman. In fact, they so greedily swallow the addresses which are made to them, that, like an outrageous glutton, they are not at leisure to observe what passes amongst others at the same table. This I have observed in more cases than my own; and this was so strongly verified by my aunt, that, though she often found us together at her return from the pump, the least canting word of his, pretending impatience at her absence, effectually smothered all suspicion. One artifice succeeded with her to admiration. This was his treating me like a little child, and never calling me by any other name in her presence but that of pretty miss. This indeed did him some disservice with your humble servant; but I soon saw through it, especially as in her absence he behaved to me, as I have said, in a different manner. However, if I was not greatly disobliged by a conduct of which I had discovered the design, I smarted very severely for it; for my aunt really conceived me to be what her lover (as she thought him) called me, and treated me in all respects as a perfect infant. To say the truth, I wonder she had not insisted on my again wearing leading-strings. At last, my lover (for so he was) thought proper, in a most solemn manner, to disclose a secret which I had known long before. He now placed all the love which he had pretended to my aunt to my account. He lamented, in very pathetic terms, the encouragement she had given him, and made a high merit of the tedious hours in which he had undergone her conversation.--What shall I tell you, my dear Sophia?--Then I will confess the truth. I was pleased with my man. I was pleased with my conquest. To rival my aunt delighted me; to rival so many other women charmed me. In short, I am afraid I did not behave as I should do, even upon the very first declaration--I wish I did not almost give him positive encouragement before we parted. The Bath now talked loudly--I might almost say, roared against me. Several young women affected to shun my acquaintance, not so much, perhaps, from any real suspicion, as from a desire of banishing me from a company in which I too much engrossed their favourite man. And here I cannot omit expressing my gratitude to the kindness intended me by Mr Nash, who took me one day aside, and gave me advice, which if I had followed, I had been a happy woman. `Child,' says he, `I am sorry to see the familiarity which subsists between you and a fellow who is altogether unworthy of you, and I am afraid will prove your ruin. As for your old stinking aunt, if it was to be no injury to you and my pretty Sophy Western (I assure you I repeat his words), I should be heartily glad that the fellow was in possession of all that belongs to her. I never advise old women: for, if they take it into their heads to go to the devil, it is no more possible than worth while to keep them from him. Innocence and youth and beauty are worthy a better fate, and I would save them from his clutches. Let me advise you therefore, dear child, never suffer this fellow to be particular with you again.' Many more things he said to me, which I have now forgotten, and indeed I attended very little to them at the time; for inclination contradicted all he said; and, besides, I could not be persuaded that women of quality would condescend to familiarity with such a person as he described. But I am afraid, my dear, I shall tire you with a detail of so many minute circumstances. To be concise, therefore, imagine me married; imagine me with my husband, at the feet of my aunt; and then imagine the maddest woman in Bedlam, in a raving fit, and your imagination will suggest to you no more than what really happened. The very next day my aunt left the place, partly to avoid seeing Mr Fitzpatrick or myself, and as much perhaps to avoid seeing any one else; for, though I am told she hath since denied everything stoutly, I believe she was then a little confounded at her disappointment. Since that time, I have written to her many letters, but never could obtain an answer, which I must own sits somewhat the heavier, as she herself was, though undesignedly, the occasion of all my sufferings: for, had it not been under the colour of paying his addresses to her, Mr Fitzpatrick would never have found sufficient opportunities to have engaged my heart, which, in other circumstances, I still flatter myself would not have been an easy conquest to such a person. Indeed, I believe I should not have erred so grossly in my choice if I had relied on my own judgment; but I trusted totally to the opinion of others, and very foolishly took the merit of a man for granted whom I saw so universally well received by the women. What is the reason, my dear, that we, who have understandings equal to the wisest and greatest of the other sex, so often make choice of the silliest fellows for companions and favourites? It raises my indignation to the highest pitch to reflect on the numbers of women of sense who have been undone by fools. We remained at Bath no longer than a fortnight after our wedding; for as to any reconciliation with my aunt, there were no hopes; and of my fortune not one farthing could be touched till I was of age, of which I now wanted more than two years. My husband therefore was resolved to set out for Ireland; against which I remonstrated very earnestly, and insisted on a promise which he had made me before our marriage that I should never take this journey against my consent; and indeed I never intended to consent to it; nor will anybody, I believe, blame me for that resolution; but this, however, I never mentioned to my husband, and petitioned only for the reprieve of a month; but he had fixed the day, and to that day he obstinately adhered. The evening before our departure, as we were disputing this point with great eagerness on both sides, he started suddenly from his chair, and left me abruptly, saying he was going to the rooms. He was hardly out of the house when I saw a paper lying on the floor, which, I suppose, he had carelessly pulled from his pocket, together with his handkerchief. This paper I took up, and, finding it to be a letter, I made no scruple to open and read it; and indeed I read it so often that I can repeat it to you almost word for word. This then was the letter:", "pos": 1121547}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "To Mr Brian Fitzpatrick.", "pos": 1128571}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "SIR,", "pos": 1128597}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "YOURS received, and am surprized you should use me in this manner, as have never seen any of your cash, unless for one linsey-woolsey coat, and your bill now is upwards of £150. Consider, sir, how often you have fobbed me off with your being shortly to be married to this lady and t'other lady; but I can neither live on hopes or promises, nor will my woollen-draper take any such in payment. You tell me you are secure of having either the aunt or the niece, and that you might have married the aunt before this, whose jointure you say is immense, but that you prefer the niece on account of her ready money. Pray, sir, take a fool's advice for once, and marry the first you can get. You will pardon my offering my advice, as you know I sincerely wish you well. Shall draw on you per next post, in favour of Messieurs John Drugget and company, at fourteen days, which doubt not your honouring, and am, Sir, your humble servant, 'SAM. COSGRAVE.'", "pos": 1128603}
{"speaker": "Mrs Fitzpatrick", "text": "This was the letter, word for word. Guess, my dear girl--guess how this letter affected me. You prefer the niece on account of her ready money! If every one of these words had been a dagger, I could with pleasure have stabbed them into his heart; but I will not recount my frantic behaviour on the occasion. I had pretty well spent my tears before his return home; but sufficient remains of them appeared in my swollen eyes. He threw himself sullenly into his chair, and for a long time we were both silent. At length, in a haughty tone, he said, `I hope, madam, your servants have packed up all your things; for the coach will be ready by six in the morning.' My patience was totally subdued by this provocation, and I answered, `No, sir, there is a letter still remains unpacked;' and then throwing it on the table I fell to upbraiding him with the most bitter language I could invent. Whether guilt, or shame, or prudence, restrained him I cannot say; but, though he is the most passionate of men, he exerted no rage on this occasion. He endeavoured, on the contrary, to pacify me by the most gentle means. He swore the phrase in the letter to which I principally objected was not his, nor had he ever written any such. He owned, indeed, the having mentioned his marriage, and that preference which he had given to myself, but denied with many oaths the having mentioned any such matter at all on account of the straits he was in for money, arising, he said, from his having too long neglected his estate in Ireland. And this, he said, which he could not bear to discover to me, was the only reason of his having so strenuously insisted on our journey. He then used several very endearing expressions, and concluded by a very fond caress, and many violent protestations of love. There was one circumstance which, though he did not appeal to it, had much weight with me in his favour, and that was the word jointure in the taylor's letter, whereas my aunt never had been married, and this Mr Fitzpatrick well knew.----As I imagined, therefore, that the fellow must have inserted this of his own head, or from hearsay, I persuaded myself he might have ventured likewise on that odious line on no better authority. What reasoning was this, my dear? was I not an advocate rather than a judge?--But why do I mention such a circumstance as this, or appeal to it for the justification of my forgiveness?--In short, had he been guilty of twenty times as much, half the tenderness and fondness which he used would have prevailed on me to have forgiven him. I now made no farther objections to our setting out, which we did the next morning, and in a little more than a week arrived at the seat of Mr Fitzpatrick. Your curiosity will excuse me from relating any occurrences which past during our journey; for it would indeed be highly disagreeable to travel it over again, and no less so to you to travel it over with me.", "pos": 1129550}
{"speaker": "Mr Fitzpatrick", "text": "There are good houses, madam, as you find, in other places besides England; but perhaps you had rather be in a dirty lodgings at Bath.", "pos": 1133242}
{"speaker": "Mrs Fitzpatrick", "text": "Happy, my dear, is the woman who, in any state of life, hath a cheerful good-natured companion to support and comfort her! But why do I reflect on happy situations only to aggravate my own misery? my companion, far from clearing up the gloom of solitude, soon convinced me that I must have been wretched with him in any place, and in any condition. In a word, he was a surly fellow, a character perhaps you have never seen; for, indeed, no woman ever sees it exemplified but in a father, a brother, or a husband; and, though you have a father, he is not of that character. This surly fellow had formerly appeared to me the very reverse, and so he did still to every other person. Good heaven! how is it possible for a man to maintain a constant lie in his appearance abroad and in company, and to content himself with shewing disagreeable truth only at home? Here, my dear, they make themselves amends for the uneasy restraint which they put on their tempers in the world; for I have observed, the more merry and gay and good-humoured my husband hath at any time been in company, the more sullen and morose he was sure to become at our next private meeting. How shall I describe his barbarity? To my fondness he was cold and insensible. My little comical ways, which you, my Sophy, and which others, have called so agreeable, he treated with contempt. In my most serious moments he sung and whistled; and whenever I was thoroughly dejected and miserable he was angry, and abused me: for, though he was never pleased with my good-humour, nor ascribed it to my satisfaction in him, yet my low spirits always offended him, and those he imputed to my repentance of having (as he said) married an Irishman. You will easily conceive, my dear Graveairs (I ask your pardon, I really forgot myself), that, when a woman makes an imprudent match in the sense of the world, that is, when she is not an arrant prostitute to pecuniary interest, she must necessarily have some inclination and affection for her man. You will as easily believe that this affection may possibly be lessened; nay, I do assure you, contempt will wholly eradicate it. This contempt I now began to entertain for my husband, whom I now discovered to be--I must use the expression--an arrant blockhead. Perhaps you will wonder I did not make this discovery long before; but women will suggest a thousand excuses to themselves for the folly of those they like: besides, give me leave to tell you, it requires a most penetrating eye to discern a fool through the disguises of gaiety and good breeding. It will be easily imagined that, when I once despised my husband, as I confess to you I soon did, I must consequently dislike his company; and indeed I had the happiness of being very little troubled with it; for our house was now most elegantly furnished, our cellars well stocked, and dogs and horses provided in great abundance. As my gentleman therefore entertained his neighbours with great hospitality, so his neighbours resorted to him with great alacrity; and sports and drinking consumed so much of his time, that a small part of his conversation, that is to say, of his ill-humours, fell to my share. Happy would it have been for me if I could as easily have avoided all other disagreeable company; but, alas! I was confined to some which constantly tormented me; and the more, as I saw no prospect of being relieved from them. These companions were my own racking thoughts, which plagued and in a manner haunted me night and day. In this situation I past through a scene, the horrors of which can neither be painted nor imagined. Think, my dear, figure, if you can, to yourself, what I must have undergone. I became a mother by the man I scorned, hated, and detested. I went through all the agonies and miseries of a lying-in (ten times more painful in such a circumstance than the worst labour can be when one endures it for a man one loves) in a desert, or rather, indeed, a scene of riot and revel, without a friend, without a companion, or without any of those agreeable circumstances which often alleviate, and perhaps sometimes more than compensate, the sufferings of our sex at that season.”", "pos": 1133390}
{"speaker": "Mrs Fitzpatrick", "text": "Perhaps all may yet end better than either you or I expect.", "pos": 1138467}
{"speaker": "Landlord", "text": "I am sorry, madam, that your ladyship can't eat; for to be sure you must be hungry after so long fasting. I hope your ladyship is not uneasy at anything, for, as madam there says, all may end better than anybody expects. A gentleman who was here just now brought excellent news; and perhaps some folks who have given other folks the slip may get to London before they are overtaken; and if they do, I make no doubt but they will find people who will be very ready to receive them.", "pos": 1138628}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I perceive, sir, you know who we are; but I beseech you--nay, I am convinced, if you have any compassion or goodness, you will not betray us.", "pos": 1139602}
{"speaker": "Landlord", "text": "I betray your ladyship! no (and then he swore several very hearty oaths); I would sooner be cut into ten thousand pieces. I hate all treachery. I! I never betrayed any one in my life yet, and I am sure I shall not begin with so sweet a lady as your ladyship. All the world would very much blame me if I should, since it will be in your ladyship's power so shortly to reward me. My wife can witness for me, I knew your ladyship the moment you came into the house: I said it was your honour, before I lifted you from your horse, and I shall carry the bruises I got in your ladyship's service to the grave; but what signified that, as long as I saved your ladyship? To be sure some people this morning would have thought of getting a reward; but no such thought ever entered into my head. I would sooner starve than take any reward for betraying your ladyship.", "pos": 1139746}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I promise you, sir, if it be ever in my power to reward you, you shall not lose by your generosity.", "pos": 1140628}
{"speaker": "Landlord", "text": "Alack-a-day, madam! in your ladyship's power! Heaven put it as much into your will! I am only afraid your honour will forget such a poor man as an innkeeper; but, if your ladyship should not, I hope you will remember what reward I refused--refused! that is, I would have refused, and to be sure it may be called refusing, for I might have had it certainly; and to be sure you might have been in some houses;--but, for my part, would not methinks for the world have your ladyship wrong me so much as to imagine I ever thought of betraying you, even before I heard the good news.", "pos": 1140745}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "What news, pray?", "pos": 1141350}
{"speaker": "Landlord", "text": "Hath not your ladyship heard it, then? nay, like enough, for I heard it only a few minutes ago; and if I had never heard it, may the devil fly away with me this instant if I would have betrayed your honour! no, if I would, may I--", "pos": 1141401}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "Madam, we are all undone, all ruined, they are come, they are come! Who? why, the French; several hundred thousands of them are landed, and we shall be all murdered and ravished.", "pos": 1141894}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "she was glad it was no worse; for that she had feared somebody else was come.", "pos": 1143420}
{"speaker": "Landlord", "text": "Ay, ay, her ladyship knows better things; she knows the French are our very best friends, and come over hither only for our good. They are the people who are to make Old England flourish again. I warrant her honour thought the duke was coming; and that was enough to put her into a fright. I was going to tell your ladyship the news.--His honour's majesty, Heaven bless him, hath given the duke the slip, and is marching as fast as he can to London, and ten thousand French are landed to join him on the road.", "pos": 1143500}
{"speaker": "Mrs Fitzpatrick", "text": "Most of the officers who were quartered at a town in our neighbourhood were of my husband's acquaintance. Among these there was a lieutenant, a very pretty sort of man, and who was married to a woman, so agreeable both in her temper and conversation, that from our first knowing each other, which was soon after my lying-in, we were almost inseparable companions; for I had the good fortune to make myself equally agreeable to her.", "pos": 1145252}
{"speaker": "husband", "text": "I ought to be d--n'd for having spoiled one of the prettiest fellows in the world, by making a milksop of him.", "pos": 1146127}
{"speaker": "Mrs Fitzpatrick", "text": "You will be mistaken, my dear Sophia, if you imagine that the anger of my husband arose from my depriving him of a companion; for the lieutenant was not a person with whose society a fool could be pleased; and, if I should admit the possibility of this, so little right had my husband to place the loss of his companion to me, that I am convinced it was my conversation alone which induced him ever to come to the house. No, child, it was envy, the worst and most rancorous kind of envy, the envy of superiority of understanding. The wretch could not bear to see my conversation preferred to his, by a man of whom he could not entertain the least jealousy. O my dear Sophy, you are a woman of sense; if you marry a man, as is most probable you will, of less capacity than yourself, make frequent trials of his temper before marriage, and see whether he can bear to submit to such a superiority.--Promise me, Sophy, you will take this advice; for you will hereafter find its importance.”", "pos": 1146240}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "It is very likely I shall never marry at all. I think, at least, I shall never marry a man in whose understanding I see any defects before marriage; and I promise you I would rather give up my own than see any such afterwards.", "pos": 1147228}
{"speaker": "Mrs Fitzpatrick", "text": "Give up your understanding! oh, fie, child! I will not believe so meanly of you. Everything else I might myself be brought to give up; but never this. Nature would not have allotted this superiority to the wife in so many instances, if she had intended we should all of us have surrendered it to the husband. This, indeed, men of sense never expect of us; of which the lieutenant I have just mentioned was one notable example; for though he had a very good understanding, he always acknowledged (as was really true) that his wife had a better. And this, perhaps, was one reason of the hatred my tyrant bore her.", "pos": 1147476}
{"speaker": "husband", "text": "Before he would be so governed by a wife, he said, especially such an ugly b-- (for, indeed, she was not a regular beauty, but very agreeable and extremely genteel), he would see all the women upon earth at the devil, which was a very usual phrase with him. He said, he wondered what I could see in her to be so charmed with her company: since this woman, says he, hath come among us, there is an end of your beloved reading, which you pretended to like so much, that you could not afford time to return the visits of the ladies in this country; and I must confess I had been guilty of a little rudeness this way; for the ladies there are at least no better than the mere country ladies here; and I think I need make no other excuse to you for declining any intimacy with them.", "pos": 1148116}
{"speaker": "Mrs Fitzpatrick", "text": "How many books do you think I read in three months?", "pos": 1149863}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I can't guess, indeed, cousin. Perhaps half a score.", "pos": 1149917}
{"speaker": "Mrs Fitzpatrick", "text": "Half a score! half a thousand, child! I read a good deal in Daniel's English History of France; a great deal in Plutarch's Lives, the Atalantis, Pope's Homer, Dryden's Plays, Chillingworth, the Countess D'Aulnois, and Locke's Human Understanding. During this interval I wrote three very supplicating, and, I thought, moving letters to my aunt; but, as I received no answer to any of them, my disdain would not suffer me to continue my application. Methinks, my dear, I read something in your eyes which reproaches me of a neglect in another place, where I should have met with a kinder return.", "pos": 1149991}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Indeed, dear Harriet, your story is an apology for any neglect; but, indeed, I feel that I have been guilty of a remissness, without so good an excuse.--Yet pray proceed; for I long, though I tremble, to hear the end.", "pos": 1150668}
{"speaker": "Mrs Fitzpatrick", "text": "My husband now took a second journey to England, where he continued upwards of three months; during the greater part of this time I led a life which nothing but having led a worse could make me think tolerable; for perfect solitude can never be reconciled to a social mind, like mine, but when it relieves you from the company of those you hate. What added to my wretchedness was the loss of my little infant: not that I pretend to have had for it that extravagant tenderness of which I believe I might have been capable under other circumstances; but I resolved, in every instance, to discharge the duty of the tenderest mother; and this care prevented me from feeling the weight of that heaviest of all things, when it can be at all said to lie heavy on our hands. I had spent full ten weeks almost entirely by myself, having seen nobody all that time, except my servants and a very few visitors, when a young lady, a relation to my husband, came from a distant part of Ireland to visit me. She had staid once before a week at my house, and then I gave her a pressing invitation to return; for she was a very agreeable woman, and had improved good natural parts by a proper education. Indeed, she was to me a welcome guest.", "pos": 1150959}
{"speaker": "Young Lady", "text": "Though politeness had prevented me from complaining to my husband's relations of his behaviour, yet they all were very sensible of it, and felt great concern upon that account; but none more than herself.", "pos": 1152375}
{"speaker": "Mrs Fitzpatrick", "text": "And after some more general discourse on this head, which I own I could not forbear countenancing, at last, after much previous precaution and enjoined concealment, she communicated to me, as a profound secret--that my husband kept a mistress. You will certainly imagine I heard this news with the utmost insensibility--Upon my word, if you do, your imagination will mislead you. Contempt had not so kept down my anger to my husband, but that hatred rose again on this occasion. What can be the reason of this? Are we so abominably selfish, that we can be concerned at others having possession even of what we despise? Or are we not rather abominably vain, and is not this the greatest injury done to our vanity? What think you, Sophia?", "pos": 1152581}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I don't know, indeed. I have never troubled myself with any of these deep contemplations; but I think the lady did very ill in communicating to you such a secret.", "pos": 1153321}
{"speaker": "Mrs Fitzpatrick", "text": "And yet, my dear, this conduct is natural, and, when you have seen and read as much as myself, you will acknowledge it to be so.", "pos": 1153505}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I am sorry to hear it is natural, for I want neither reading nor experience to convince me that it is very dishonourable and very ill-natured: nay, it is surely as ill-bred to tell a husband or wife of the faults of each other as to tell them of their own.", "pos": 1153663}
{"speaker": "Mrs Fitzpatrick", "text": "Well, my husband at last returned; and, if I am thoroughly acquainted with my own thoughts, I hated him now more than ever; but I despised him rather less: for certainly nothing so much weakens our contempt, as an injury done to our pride or our vanity. He now assumed a carriage to me so very different from what he had lately worn, and so nearly resembling his behaviour the first week of our marriage, that, had I now had any spark of love remaining, he might, possibly, have rekindled my fondness for him. But, though hatred may succeed to contempt, and may perhaps get the better of it, love, I believe, cannot. The truth is, the passion of love is too restless to remain contented without the gratification which it receives from its object; and one can no more be inclined to love without loving than we can have eyes without seeing. When a husband, therefore, ceases to be the object of this passion, it is most probable some other man--I say, my dear, if your husband grows indifferent to you--if you once come to despise him--I say--that is--if you have the passion of love in you--Lud! I have bewildered myself so--but one is apt, in these abstracted considerations, to lose the concatenation of ideas, as Mr Locke says:--in short, the truth is--in short, I scarce know what it is; but, as I was saying, my husband returned, and his behaviour, at first, greatly surprized me; but he soon acquainted me with the motive, and taught me to account for it. In a word, then, he had spent and lost all the ready money of my fortune; and, as he could mortgage his own estate no deeper, he was now desirous to supply himself with cash for his extravagance, by selling a little estate of mine, which he could not do without my assistance; and to obtain this favour was the whole and sole motive of all the fondness which he now put on. With this I peremptorily refused to comply. I told him, and I told him truly, that, had I been possessed of the Indies at our first marriage, he might have commanded it all; for it had been a constant maxim with me, that where a woman disposes of her heart, she should always deposit her fortune; but, as he had been so kind, long ago, to restore the former into my possession, I was resolved likewise to retain what little remained of the latter. I will not describe to you the passion into which these words, and the resolute air in which they were spoken, threw him: nor will I trouble you with the whole scene which succeeded between us. Out came, you may be well assured, the story of the mistress; and out it did come, with all the embellishments which anger and disdain could bestow upon it. Mr Fitzpatrick seemed a little thunderstruck with this, and more confused than I had seen him, though his ideas are always confused enough, heaven knows. He did not, however, endeavour to exculpate himself; but took a method which almost equally confounded me. What was this but recrimination? He affected to be jealous:--he may, for aught I know, be inclined enough to jealousy in his natural temper; nay, he must have had it from nature, or the devil must have put it into his head; for I defy all the world to cast a just aspersion on my character: nay, the most scandalous tongues have never dared censure my reputation. My fame, I thank heaven, hath been always as spotless as my life; and let falsehood itself accuse that if it dare. No, my dear Graveairs, however provoked, however ill-treated, however injured in my love, I have firmly resolved never to give the least room for censure on this account.--And yet, my dear, there are some people so malicious, some tongues so venomous, that no innocence can escape them. The most undesigned word, the most accidental look, the least familiarity, the most innocent freedom, will be misconstrued, and magnified into I know not what, by some people. But I despise, my dear Graveairs, I despise all such slander. No such malice, I assure you, ever gave me an uneasy moment. No, no, I promise you I am above all that.--But where was I? O let me see, I told you my husband was jealous--And of whom, I pray?--Why, of whom but the lieutenant I mentioned to you before! He was obliged to resort above a year and more back to find any object for this unaccountable passion, if, indeed, he really felt any such, and was not an arrant counterfeit in order to abuse me. But I have tired you already with too many particulars. I will now bring my story to a very speedy conclusion. In short, then, after many scenes very unworthy to be repeated, in which my cousin engaged so heartily on my side, that Mr Fitzpatrick at last turned her out of doors; when he found I was neither to be soothed nor bullied into compliance, he took a very violent method indeed. Perhaps you will conclude he beat me; but this, though he hath approached very near to it, he never actually did. He confined me to my room, without suffering me to have either pen, ink, paper, or book: and a servant every day made my bed, and brought me my food. If I would yet comply? That I would die first. Then so you shall, and be d--nd! for you shall never go alive out of this room. I--at a time when I began to give way to the utmost despair----everything would be excusable at such a time--at that very time I received----But it would take up an hour to tell you all particulars.--In one word, then (for I will not tire you with circumstances), gold, the common key to all padlocks, opened my door, and set me at liberty. I now made haste to Dublin, where I immediately procured a passage to England; and was proceeding to Bath, in order to throw myself into the protection of my aunt, or of your father, or of any relation who would afford it me. My husband overtook me last night at the inn where I lay, and which you left a few minutes before me; but I had the good luck to escape him, and to follow you. And thus, my dear, ends my history: a tragical one, I am sure, it is to myself; but, perhaps, I ought rather to apologize to you for its dullness.", "pos": 1153941}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Indeed, Harriet, I pity you from my soul!----But what could you expect? Why, why, would you marry an Irishman?", "pos": 1160515}
{"speaker": "Mrs Fitzpatrick", "text": "Upon my word, your censure is unjust. There are, among the Irish, men of as much worth and honour as any among the English: nay, to speak the truth, generosity of spirit is rather more common among them. I have known some examples there, too, of good husbands; and I believe these are not very plenty in England. Ask me, rather, what I could expect when I married a fool; and I will tell you a solemn truth; I did not know him to be so.", "pos": 1160628}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Can no man, do you think, make a bad husband, who is not a fool?", "pos": 1161090}
{"speaker": "Mrs Fitzpatrick", "text": "That, is too general a negative; but none, I believe, is so likely as a fool to prove so. Among my acquaintance, the silliest fellows are the worst husbands; and I will venture to assert, as a fact, that a man of sense rarely behaves very ill to a wife who deserves very well.", "pos": 1161205}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "What doth your ladyship think? Would you imagine that this impudent villain, the master of this house, hath had the impudence to tell me, nay, to stand it out to my face, that your ladyship is that nasty, stinking wh--re (Jenny Cameron they call her), that runs about the country with the Pretender? Nay, the lying, saucy villain had the assurance to tell me that your ladyship had owned yourself to be so; but I have clawed the rascal; I have left the marks of my nails in his impudent face. My lady! says I, you saucy scoundrel; my lady is meat for no pretenders. She is a young lady of as good fashion, and family, and fortune, as any in Somersetshire. Did you never hear of the great Squire Western, sirrah? She is his only daughter; she is----, and heiress to all his great estate. My lady to be called a nasty Scotch wh--re by such a varlet!--To be sure I wish I had knocked his brains out with the punch-bowl. Indeed, madam, I did not think your ladyship would have made a laughing matter of it. To be called whore by such an impudent low rascal. Your ladyship may be angry with me, for aught I know, for taking your part, since proffered service, they say, stinks; but to be sure I could never bear to hear a lady of mine called whore.--Nor will I bear it. I am sure your ladyship is as virtuous a lady as ever sat foot on English ground, and I will claw any villain's eyes out who dares for to offer to presume for to say the least word to the contrary. Nobody ever could say the least ill of the character of any lady that ever I waited upon.", "pos": 1164028}
{"speaker": "Footman", "text": "I have been fighting, madam, with an impudent rascal who called your ladyship a wh--re.", "pos": 1166780}
{"speaker": "Mrs Gwynn", "text": "You blockhead, at this rate you must fight every day of your life; why, you fool, all the world knows it.", "pos": 1166870}
{"speaker": "Footman", "text": "Do they? they shan't call me a whore's footman for all that.", "pos": 1166999}
{"speaker": "Mrs Fitzpatrick", "text": "That she had been prevented in her purpose by the arrival of a person she need not mention. In short. I was overtaken by my husband (for I need not affect to conceal what the world knows too well already). I had the good fortune to escape in a most surprizing manner, and am now going to London with this young lady, who is a near relation of mine, and who hath escaped from as great a tyrant as my own.", "pos": 1173788}
{"speaker": "Mrs Fitzpatrick", "text": "Indeed, my dear Sophy, that is a very rare virtue amongst men of condition. Never expect it when you marry; for, believe me, if you do, you will certainly be deceived.", "pos": 1175115}
{"speaker": "Landlord", "text": "For to be sure, one might have charged every article double, and she would have made no cavil at the reckoning.", "pos": 1180442}
{"speaker": "Landlady", "text": "Indeed, my dear, the lady knows better how to dispose of her money than you imagine. She might very well think we should not put up such a business without some satisfaction, and the law would have cost her an infinite deal more than this poor little matter, which I wonder you would take.", "pos": 1180795}
{"speaker": "Landlord", "text": "You are always so bloodily wise, it would have cost her more, would it? dost fancy I don't know that as well as thee? but would any of that more, or so much, have come into our pockets? Indeed, if son Tom the lawyer had been alive, I could have been glad to have put such a pretty business into his hands. He would have got a good picking out of it; but I have no relation now who is a lawyer, and why should I go to law for the benefit of strangers?", "pos": 1181100}
{"speaker": "Landlady", "text": "Nay, to be sure, you must know best.", "pos": 1181574}
{"speaker": "Landlord", "text": "I believe I do. I fancy, when money is to be got, I can smell it out as well as another. Everybody, let me tell you, would not have talked people out of this. Mind that, I say; everybody would not have cajoled this out of her, mind that.", "pos": 1181629}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "And now, reader, as we are in haste to attend our heroine, we will leave to thy sagacity to apply all this to the Boeotian writers, and to those authors who are their opposites. This thou wilt be abundantly able to perform without our aid. Bestir thyself therefore on this occasion; for, though we will always lend thee proper assistance in difficult places, as we do not, like some others, expect thee to use the arts of divination to discover our meaning, yet we shall not indulge thy laziness where nothing but thy own attention is required; for thou art highly mistaken if thou dost imagine that we intended, when we began this great work, to leave thy sagacity nothing to do; or that, without sometimes exercising this talent, thou wilt be able to travel through our pages with any pleasure or profit to thyself.", "pos": 1184711}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "You must remember, my dear, the maxim which my aunt Western hath so often repeated to us both; That whenever the matrimonial alliance is broke, and war declared between husband and wife, she can hardly make a disadvantageous peace for herself on any conditions. These are my aunt's very words, and she hath had a great deal of experience in the world.", "pos": 1193187}
{"speaker": "Mrs Fitzpatrick", "text": "Never fear me, child, take care of yourself; for you are younger than I. I will come and visit you in a few days; but, dear Sophy, let me give you one piece of advice: leave the character of Graveairs in the country, for, believe me, it will sit very awkwardly upon you in this town.", "pos": 1193606}
{"speaker": "Abbé Bannier", "text": "It will be easy, for the reader to observe that I have frequently had greater regard to him than to my own reputation: for an author certainly pays him a considerable compliment, when, for his sake, he suppresses learned quotations that come in his way, and which would have cost him but the bare trouble of transcribing.", "pos": 1195503}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "What pity is it! Sure never was so unlucky a dog as myself!", "pos": 1201639}
{"speaker": "the parson", "text": "Sorrow not, sir, like those without hope. Howbeit we have not yet been able to overtake young madam, we may account it some good fortune that we have hitherto traced her course aright. Peradventure she will soon be fatigated with her journey, and will tarry in some inn, in order to renovate her corporeal functions; and in that case, in all moral certainty, you will very briefly be compos voti.", "pos": 1201825}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Pogh! d--n the slut! I am lamenting the loss of so fine a morning for hunting. It is confounded hard to lose one of the best scenting days, in all appearance, which hath been this season, and especially after so long a frost.", "pos": 1202235}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "She's gone, she's gone! Damn me if she is not gone!", "pos": 1203050}
{"speaker": "Sir Roger L'Estrange", "text": "if we shut Nature out at the door, she will come in at the window; and that puss, though a madam, will be a mouser still.", "pos": 1204052}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Ah, sir. I wish your honour would follow my advice.", "pos": 1209837}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Why should I not? for it is now indifferent to me whither I go, or what becomes of me.", "pos": 1209913}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "My advice, then, is, that you immediately face about and return home; for who that hath such a home to return to as your honour, would travel thus about the country like a vagabond? I ask pardon, sed vox ea sola reperta est.", "pos": 1210019}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Alas! I have no home to return to;--but if my friend, my father, would receive me, could I bear the country from which Sophia is flown? Cruel Sophia! Cruel! No; let me blame myself!--No; let me blame thee. D--nation seize thee--fool--blockhead! thou hast undone me, and I will tear thy soul from thy body.", "pos": 1210264}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Since it is absolutely impossible for me to pursue any farther the steps of my angel--I will pursue those of glory. Come on, my brave lad, now for the army:--it is a glorious cause, and I would willingly sacrifice my life in it, even though it was worth my preserving.", "pos": 1212451}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Certainly, sir, that could never be a man, who dresses himself and lives after such a strange manner, and so unlike other folks. Besides, his diet, as the old woman told me, is chiefly upon herbs, which is a fitter food for a horse than a Christian: nay, landlord at Upton says that the neighbours thereabouts have very fearful notions about him. It runs strangely in my head that it must have been some spirit, who, perhaps, might be sent to forewarn us: and who knows but all that matter which he told us, of his going to fight, and of his being taken prisoner, and of the great danger he was in of being hanged, might be intended as a warning to us, considering what we are going about? besides, I dreamt of nothing all last night but of fighting; and methought the blood ran out of my nose, as liquor out of a tap. Indeed, sir, infandum, regina, jubes renovare dolorem.", "pos": 1214091}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Thy story, Partridge, is almost as ill applied as thy Latin. Nothing can be more likely to happen than death to men who go into battle. Perhaps we shall both fall in it--and what then?", "pos": 1214978}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "What then? why then there is an end of us, is there not? when I am gone, all is over with me. What matters the cause to me, or who gets the victory, if I am killed? I shall never enjoy any advantage from it. What are all the ringing of bells, and bonfires, to one that is six foot under ground? there will be an end of poor Partridge.", "pos": 1215183}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "And an end of poor Partridge, there must be, one time or other. If you love Latin, I will repeat you some fine lines out of Horace, which would inspire courage into a coward. `Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori Mors et fugacem persequitur virum Nec parcit imbellis juventae Poplitibus, timidoque tergo.'", "pos": 1215541}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "I wish you would construe them, for Horace is a hard author, and I cannot understand as you repeat them.", "pos": 1215864}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I will repeat you a bad imitation, or rather paraphrase, of my own, for I am but an indifferent poet: `Who would not die in his dear country's cause? Since, if base fear his dastard step withdraws, From death he cannot fly:--One common grave Receives, at last, the coward and the brave.'", "pos": 1215990}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "That's very certain. Ay, sure, Mors omnibus communis: but there is a great difference between dying in one's bed a great many years hence, like a good Christian, with all our friends crying about us, and being shot to-day or to-morrow, like a mad dog; or, perhaps, hacked in twenty pieces with the sword, and that too before we have repented of all our sins. O Lord, have mercy upon us! to be sure the soldiers are a wicked kind of people. I never loved to have anything to do with them. I could hardly bring myself ever to look upon them as Christians. There is nothing but cursing and swearing among them. I wish your honour would repent: I heartily wish you would repent before it is too late; and not think of going among them.--Evil communication corrupts good manners. That is my principal reason. For as for that matter, I am no more afraid than another man, not I; as to matter of that. I know all human flesh must die; but yet a man may live many years, for all that. Why, I am a middle-aged man now, and yet I may live a great number of years. I have read of several who have lived to be above a hundred, and some a great deal above a hundred. Not that I hope, I mean that I promise myself, to live to any such age as that, neither.--But if it be only to eighty or ninety. Heaven be praised, that is a great ways off yet; and I am not afraid of dying then, no more than another man; but, surely, to tempt death before a man's time is come seems to me downright wickedness and presumption. Besides, if it was to do any good indeed; but, let the cause be what it will, what mighty matter of good can two people do? and, for my part, I understand nothing of it. I never fired off a gun above ten times in my life; and then it was not charged with bullets. And for the sword, I never learned to fence, and know nothing of the matter. And then there are those cannons, which certainly it must be thought the highest presumption to go in the way of; and nobody but a madman--I ask pardon; upon my soul I meant no harm; I beg I may not throw your honour into another passion.", "pos": 1216294}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Be under no apprehension, Partridge. I am now so well convinced of thy cowardice, that thou couldst not provoke me on any account.", "pos": 1218394}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Your honour, may call me coward, or anything else you please. If loving to sleep in a whole skin makes a man a coward, non immunes ab illis malis sumus. I never read in my grammar that a man can't be a good man without fighting. Vir bonus est quis? Qui consulta patrum, qui leges juraque servat. Not a word of fighting; and I am sure the scripture is so much against it, that a man shall never persuade me he is a good Christian while he sheds Christian blood. Every parish ought to keep their own poor.", "pos": 1218542}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "if he was not ashamed, with so much charity in his mouth, to have no charity in his heart. Your religion, serves you only for an excuse for your faults, but is no incentive to your virtue. Can any man who is really a Christian abstain from relieving one of his brethren in such a miserable condition?", "pos": 1219394}
{"speaker": "the fellow", "text": "Master. I have a curious thing here in my pocket, which I found about two miles off, if your worship will please to buy it. I should not venture to pull it out to every one; but, as you are so good a gentleman, and so kind to the poor, you won't suspect a man of being a thief only because he is poor.", "pos": 1219798}
{"speaker": "the fellow", "text": "He hoped his worship would give him something more. Your worship, will, I hope, take it into your consideration that if I had not been honest I might have kept the whole. If the paper there, be worth £100, I am sure the finding it deserves more than a guinea. Besides, suppose your worship should never see the lady, nor give it her--and, though your worship looks and talks very much like a gentleman, yet I have only your worship's bare word; and, certainly, if the right owner ben't to be found, it all belongs to the first finder. I hope your worship will consider of all these matters: I am but a poor man, and therefore don't desire to have all; but it is but reasonable I should have my share. Your worship looks like a good man, and, I hope, will consider my honesty; for I might have kept every farthing, and nobody ever the wiser.", "pos": 1224405}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I promise thee, upon my honour, that I know the right owner, and will restore it her.", "pos": 1225333}
{"speaker": "the fellow", "text": "Nay, your worship, may do as you please as to that; if you will but give me my share, that is, one-half of the money, your honour may keep the rest yourself if you please; that he would never mention a syllable of it to any man living.", "pos": 1225436}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Lookee, friend, the right owner shall certainly have again all that she lost; and as for any farther gratuity, I really cannot give it you at present; but let me know your name, and where you live, and it is more than possible you may hereafter have further reason to rejoice at this morning's adventure.", "pos": 1225753}
{"speaker": "the fellow", "text": "I don't know what you mean by venture, it seems I must venture whether you will return the lady her money or no; but I hope your worship will consider--", "pos": 1226075}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Come, come, tell his honour your name, and where you may be found; I warrant you will never repent having put the money into his hands.", "pos": 1226250}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "There, friend, you are the happiest man alive; I have joined your name to that of an angel.", "pos": 1226696}
{"speaker": "the fellow", "text": "I don't know anything about angels, but I wish you would give me a little more money, or else return me the pocket-book.", "pos": 1226790}
{"speaker": "the man", "text": "for had they, sent me to charity-school to learn to write and read and cast accounts, I should have known the value of these matters as well as other people.", "pos": 1227459}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Lord have mercy upon us all; they are certainly a coming!", "pos": 1228675}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Who is coming?", "pos": 1228735}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Who? why, the rebels: but why should I call them rebels? they may be very honest gentlemen, for anything I know to the contrary. The devil take him that affronts them, I say; I am sure, if they have nothing to say to me, I will have nothing to say to them, but in a civil way. For Heaven's sake, sir, don't affront them if they should come, and perhaps they may do us no harm; but would it not be the wiser way to creep into some of yonder bushes, till they are gone by? What can two unarmed men do perhaps against fifty thousand? Certainly nobody but a madman; I hope your honour is not offended; but certainly no man who hath mens sana in corpore sano----", "pos": 1228966}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "That by the drum he perceived they were near some town. take courage, for that he would lead him into no danger; it was impossible the rebels should be so near.", "pos": 1229728}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Oh Lord, sir, here they are; there is the crown and coffin. Oh Lord! I never saw anything so terrible; and we are within gun-shot of them already.", "pos": 1230504}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Partridge. I fancy you will be able to engage this whole army yourself; for by the colours I guess what the drum was which we heard before, and which beats up for recruits to a puppet-show.", "pos": 1230753}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "A puppet-show! And is it really no more than that? I love a puppet-show of all the pastimes upon earth. Do, good sir, let us tarry and see it. Besides, I am quite famished to death; for it is now almost dark, and I have not eat a morsel since three o'clock in the morning.", "pos": 1230956}
{"speaker": "the master", "text": "The present age was not improved in anything so much as in their puppet-shows; which, by throwing out Punch and his wife Joan, and such idle trumpery, were at last brought to be a rational entertainment. I remember, when I first took to the business, there was a great deal of low stuff that did very well to make folks laugh; but was never calculated to improve the morals of young people, which certainly ought to be principally aimed at in every puppet-show: for why may not good and instructive lessons be conveyed this way, as well as any other? My figures are as big as the life, and they represent the life in every particular; and I question not but people rise from my little drama as much improved as they do from the great.", "pos": 1233886}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I would by no means degrade the ingenuity of your profession, but I should have been glad to have seen my old acquaintance master Punch, for all that; and so far from improving, I think, by leaving out him and his merry wife Joan, you have spoiled your puppet-show.", "pos": 1234634}
{"speaker": "the dancer of wires", "text": "Very probably, sir, that may be your opinion; but I have the satisfaction to know the best judges differ from you, and it is impossible to please every taste. I confess, indeed, some of the quality at Bath, two or three years ago, wanted mightily to bring Punch again upon the stage. I believe I lost some money for not agreeing to it; but let others do as they will; a little matter shall never bribe me to degrade my own profession, nor will I ever willingly consent to the spoiling the decency and regularity of my stage, by introducing any such low stuff upon it.", "pos": 1235064}
{"speaker": "the clerk", "text": "Right, friend, you are very right. Always avoid what is low. There are several of my acquaintance in London, who are resolved to drive everything which is low from the stage.", "pos": 1235634}
{"speaker": "the exciseman", "text": "Nothing can be more proper. I remember, (for I then lived with my lord) I was in the footman's gallery, the night when this play of the Provoked Husband was acted first. There was a great deal of low stuff in it about a country gentleman come up to town to stand for parliament-man; and there they brought a parcel of his servants upon the stage, his coachman I remember particularly; but the gentlemen in our gallery could not bear anything so low, and they damned it. I observe, friend, you have left all that matter out, and you are to be commended for it.", "pos": 1235830}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Nay, gentlemen. I can never maintain my opinion against so many; indeed, if the generality of his audience dislike him, the learned gentleman who conducts the show might have done very right in dismissing Punch from his service.", "pos": 1236460}
{"speaker": "the wench", "text": "Why do you beat me in this manner, mistress? If you don't like my doings, you may turn me away. If I am a w--e If I am a w--e my betters are so as well as I. What was the fine lady in the puppet-show just now? I suppose she did not lie all night out from her husband for nothing.", "pos": 1237769}
{"speaker": "the landlady", "text": "Here, husband, you see the consequence of harbouring these people in your house. If one doth draw a little drink the more for them, one is hardly made amends for the litter they make; and then to have one's house made a bawdy-house of by such lousy vermin. In short, I desire you would be gone to-morrow morning; for I will tolerate no more such doings. It is only the way to teach our servants idleness and nonsense; for to be sure nothing better can be learned by such idle shows as these. I remember when puppet-shows were made of good scripture stories, as Jephthah's Rash Vow, and such good things, and when wicked people were carried away by the devil. There was some sense in those matters; but as the parson told us last Sunday, nobody believes in the devil now-a-days; and here you bring about a parcel of puppets drest up like lords and ladies, only to turn the heads of poor country wenches; and when their heads are once turned topsy-turvy, no wonder everything else is so.", "pos": 1238222}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "for you find, sir, by all the people in the house, that she is not gone this way. How much better, therefore, would it be to stay till the morning, when we may expect to meet with somebody to enquire of?", "pos": 1241789}
{"speaker": "the landlord", "text": "Sure, sir, your servant gives you most excellent advice; for who would travel by night at this time of the year?", "pos": 1242167}
{"speaker": "the puppet-show man", "text": "I own, the gentleman surprized me very much, when he talked so absurdly about puppet-shows. It is indeed hardly to be conceived that any man in his senses should be so much mistaken; what you say now accounts very well for all his monstrous notions. Poor gentleman! I am heartily concerned for him; indeed he hath a strange wildness about his eyes, which I took notice of before, though I did not mention it.", "pos": 1246435}
{"speaker": "the landlord", "text": "And certainly, it must be so; for no one but a madman would have thought of leaving so good a house to ramble about the country at that time of night.", "pos": 1246960}
{"speaker": "the exciseman", "text": "He thought the gentleman looked and talked a little wildly; if he be a madman, he should not be suffered to travel thus about the country; for possibly he may do some mischief. It is a pity he was not secured and sent home to his relations.", "pos": 1247179}
{"speaker": "the exciseman", "text": "Could be brought about! why, there is nothing easier.", "pos": 1248140}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Ah! sir, you don't know what a devil of a fellow he is. He can take me up with one hand, and throw me out at window; and he would, too, if he did but imagine--", "pos": 1248218}
{"speaker": "the exciseman", "text": "Pogh! I believe I am as good a man as he. Besides, here are five of us.", "pos": 1248402}
{"speaker": "the landlady", "text": "I don't know what five, my husband shall have nothing to do in it. Nor shall any violent hands be laid upon anybody in my house. The young gentleman is as pretty a young gentleman as ever I saw in my life, and I believe he is no more mad than any of us. What do you tell of his having a wild look with his eyes? they are the prettiest eyes I ever saw, and he hath the prettiest look with them; and a very modest civil young man he is. I am sure I have bepitied him heartily ever since the gentleman there in the corner told us he was crost in love. Certainly that is enough to make any man, especially such a sweet young gentleman as he is, to look a little otherwise than he did before. Lady, indeed! what the devil would the lady have better than such a handsome man with a great estate? I suppose she is one of your quality folks, one of your Townly ladies that we saw last night in the puppet-show, who don't know what they would be at.", "pos": 1248498}
{"speaker": "the attorney's clerk", "text": "Suppose, an action of false imprisonment should be brought against us, what defence could we make? Who knows what may be sufficient evidence of madness to a jury? But I only speak upon my own account; for it don't look well for a lawyer to be concerned in these matters, unless it be as a lawyer. Juries are always less favourable to us than to other people. I don't therefore dissuade you, Mr Thomson (to the exciseman), nor the gentleman, nor anybody else.", "pos": 1249574}
{"speaker": "the puppet-show man", "text": "Madness was sometimes a difficult matter for a jury to decide: for I remember. I was once present at a tryal of madness, where twenty witnesses swore that the person was as mad as a March hare; and twenty others, that he was as much in his senses as any man in England.--And indeed it was the opinion of most people, that it was only a trick of his relations to rob the poor man of his right.", "pos": 1250121}
{"speaker": "the landlady", "text": "Very likely! I myself knew a poor gentleman who was kept in a mad-house all his life by his family, and they enjoyed his estate, but it did them no good; for though the law gave it them, it was the right of another.", "pos": 1250527}
{"speaker": "the clerk", "text": "Pogh! who hath any right but what the law gives them? If the law gave me the best estate in the country, I should never trouble myself much who had the right.", "pos": 1250767}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "If it be so. Felix quem faciunt aliena pericula cautum.", "pos": 1250968}
{"speaker": "My landlord", "text": "What do you think, gentlemen? The rebels have given the duke the slip, and are got almost to London. It is certainly true, for a man on horseback just now told me so.", "pos": 1251200}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Then there will be no fighting in these parts.", "pos": 1251423}
{"speaker": "Clerk", "text": "for a better reason; for I would always have right take place.", "pos": 1251502}
{"speaker": "Landlord", "text": "I have heard some people say this man hath no right.", "pos": 1251601}
{"speaker": "Clerk", "text": "I will prove the contrary in a moment: if my father dies seized of a right; do you mind me, seized of a right, I say; doth not that right descend to his son; and doth not one right descend as well as another?", "pos": 1251656}
{"speaker": "Landlord", "text": "But how can he have any right to make us papishes?", "pos": 1251886}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "As to the matter of right, the gentleman there hath proved it as clear as the sun; and as to the matter of religion, it is quite out of the case. The papists themselves don't expect any such thing. A popish priest, whom I know very well, and who is a very honest man, told me upon his word and honour they had no such design.", "pos": 1251994}
{"speaker": "Landlady", "text": "And another priest, of my acquaintance, hath told me the same thing; but my husband is always so afraid of papishes. I know a great many papishes that are very honest sort of people, and spend their money very freely; and it is always a maxim with me, that one man's money is as good as another's.", "pos": 1252322}
{"speaker": "Puppet-show man", "text": "Very true, mistress. I don't care what religion comes; provided the Presbyterians are not uppermost; for they are enemies to puppet-shows.", "pos": 1252643}
{"speaker": "Exciseman", "text": "And so you would sacrifice your religion to your interest, and are desirous to see popery brought in, are you?", "pos": 1252812}
{"speaker": "Puppet-show man", "text": "Not I, truly. I hate popery as much as any man; but yet it is a comfort to one, that one should be able to live under it, which I could not do among Presbyterians. To be sure, every man values his livelihood first; that must be granted; and I warrant, if you would confess the truth, you are more afraid of losing your place than anything else; but never fear, friend, there will be an excise under another government as well as under this.", "pos": 1252948}
{"speaker": "Exciseman", "text": "Why, certainly. I should be a very ill man if I did not honour the king, whose bread I eat. That is no more than natural, as a man may say: for what signifies it to me that there would be an excise-office under another government, since my friends would be out, and I could expect no better than to follow them? No, no, friend, I shall never be bubbled out of my religion in hopes only of keeping my place under another government; for I should certainly be no better, and very probably might be worse.", "pos": 1253413}
{"speaker": "Landlord", "text": "whenever folks say who knows what may happen! Odsooks! should not I be a blockhead to lend my money to I know not who, because mayhap he may return it again? I am sure it is safe in my own bureau, and there I will keep it.", "pos": 1253990}
{"speaker": "Merry-Andrew", "text": "D--n your bl--d, you rascal. I have not only supported you (for to me you owe all the money you get), but I have saved you from the gallows. Did you not want to rob the lady of her fine riding-habit, no longer ago than yesterday, in the back-lane here? Can you deny that you wished to have her alone in a wood to strip her--to strip one of the prettiest ladies that ever was seen in the world? and here you have fallen upon me, and have almost murdered me, for doing no harm to a girl as willing as myself, only because she likes me better than you.", "pos": 1256319}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "two such accidents could never have happened to direct him after his mistress, if Providence had not designed to bring them together at last.", "pos": 1258232}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Master, give me your hand, a single mug shan't serve the turn this bout. Why, here's more news of Madam Sophia come to town. The boy there standing by the fire is the very lad that rode before her. I can swear to my own plaister on his face.", "pos": 1259715}
{"speaker": "the boy", "text": "Heavens bless you, sir, it is your own plaister sure enough; I shall have always reason to remember your goodness; for it hath almost cured me.", "pos": 1259960}
{"speaker": "Dowling", "text": "Do you think the gentleman won't very well reward you for your trouble?", "pos": 1269302}
{"speaker": "Dowling", "text": "If you please, sir, we will likewise remember his nephew and heir, the young squire: Come, sir, here's Mr Blifil to you, a very pretty young gentleman; and who, I dare swear, will hereafter make a very considerable figure in his country. I have a borough for him myself in my eye.", "pos": 1271556}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Sir. I am convinced you don't intend to affront me, so I shall not resent it; but I promise you, you have joined two persons very improperly together; for one is the glory of the human species, and the other is a rascal who dishonours the name of man.", "pos": 1271839}
{"speaker": "Dowling", "text": "He thought both the gentlemen had a very unexceptionable character. As for Squire Allworthy himself. I never had the happiness to see him; but all the world talks of his goodness. And, indeed, as to the young gentleman, I never saw him but once, when I carried him the news of the loss of his mother; and then I was so hurried, and drove, and tore with the multiplicity of business, that I had hardly time to converse with him; but he looked so like a very honest gentleman, and behaved himself so prettily, that I protest I never was more delighted with any gentleman since I was born.", "pos": 1272144}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I don't wonder, that he should impose upon you in so short an acquaintance; for he hath the cunning of the devil himself, and you may live with him many years, without discovering him. I was bred up with him from my infancy, and we were hardly ever asunder; but it is very lately only that I have discovered half the villany which is in him. I own I never greatly liked him. I thought he wanted that generosity of spirit, which is the sure foundation of all that is great and noble in human nature. I saw a selfishness in him long ago which I despised; but it is lately, very lately, that I have found him capable of the basest and blackest designs; for, indeed, I have at last found out, that he hath taken an advantage of the openness of my own temper, and hath concerted the deepest project, by a long train of wicked artifice, to work my ruin, which at last he hath effected.", "pos": 1272744}
{"speaker": "Dowling", "text": "Ay! ay! I protest, then, it is a pity such a person should inherit the great estate of your uncle Allworthy.", "pos": 1273644}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Alas, sir, you do me an honour to which I have no title. It is true, indeed, his goodness once allowed me the liberty of calling him by a much nearer name; but as this was only a voluntary act of goodness, I can complain of no injustice when he thinks proper to deprive me of this honour; since the loss cannot be more unmerited than the gift originally was. I assure you, sir, I am no relation of Mr Allworthy; and if the world, who are incapable of setting a true value on his virtue, should think, in his behaviour to me, he hath dealt hardly by a relation, they do an injustice to the best of men: for I--but I ask your pardon, I shall trouble you with no particulars relating to myself; only as you seemed to think me a relation of Mr Allworthy, I thought proper to set you right in a matter that might draw some censures upon him, which I promise you I would rather lose my life than give occasion to.", "pos": 1273771}
{"speaker": "Dowling", "text": "I protest, sir, you talk very much like a man of honour; but instead of giving me any trouble, I protest it would give me great pleasure to know how you came to be thought a relation of Mr Allworthy's, if you are not. Your horses won't be ready this half-hour, and as you have sufficient opportunity, I wish you would tell me how all that happened; for I protest it seems very surprizing that you should pass for a relation of a gentleman, without being so.", "pos": 1274696}
{"speaker": "Dowling", "text": "For certainly, the squire would never have disinherited you only for a few faults, which any young gentleman might have committed. Indeed, I cannot properly say disinherited: for to be sure by law you cannot claim as heir. That's certain; that nobody need go to counsel for. Yet when a gentleman had in a manner adopted you thus as his own son, you might reasonably have expected some very considerable part, if not the whole; nay, if you had expected the whole, I should not have blamed you: for certainly all men are for getting as much as they can, and they are not to be blamed on that account.", "pos": 1277558}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Indeed you wrong me. I should have been contented with very little: I never had any view upon Mr Allworthy's fortune; nay, I believe I may truly say, I never once considered what he could or might give me. This I solemnly declare, if he had done a prejudice to his nephew in my favour, I would have undone it again. I had rather enjoy my own mind than the fortune of another man. What is the poor pride arising from a magnificent house, a numerous equipage, a splendid table, and from all the other advantages or appearances of fortune, compared to the warm, solid content, the swelling satisfaction, the thrilling transports, and the exulting triumphs, which a good mind enjoys, in the contemplation of a generous, virtuous, noble, benevolent action? I envy not Blifil in the prospect of his wealth; nor shall I envy him in the possession of it. I would not think myself a rascal half an hour, to exchange situations. I believe, indeed, Mr Blifil suspected me of the views you mention; and I suppose these suspicions, as they arose from the baseness of his own heart, so they occasioned his baseness to me. But, I thank Heaven, I know, I feel--I feel my innocence, my friend; and I would not part with that feeling for the world. For as long as I know I have never done, nor even designed, an injury to any being whatever,", "pos": 1278171}
{"speaker": "Dowling", "text": "Why, then, here's Miss Lalage's health with all my heart. I have heard her toasted often, I protest, though I never saw her; but they say she's extremely handsome.", "pos": 1280225}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "When they first set out he imagined some mischief or other would happen.--Did not you observe, sir, that old woman who stood at the door just as you was taking horse? I wish you had given her a small matter, with all my heart; for she said then you might repent it; and at that very instant it began to rain, and the wind hath continued rising ever since. Whatever some people may think, I am very certain it is in the power of witches to raise the wind whenever they please. I have seen it happen very often in my time: and if ever I saw a witch in all my life, that old woman was certainly one. I thought so to myself at that very time; and if I had had any halfpence in my pocket, I would have given her some; for to be sure it is always good to be charitable to those sort of people, for fear what may happen; and many a person hath lost his cattle by saving a halfpenny.", "pos": 1283911}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "This witch of yours, Partridge, is a most ungrateful jade, and doth not, I find, distinguish her friends from others in her resentment. If the old lady had been angry with me for neglecting her, I don't see why she should tumble you from your horse, after all the respect you have expressed for her.", "pos": 1285332}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "It is ill jesting, with people who have power to do these things; for they are often very malicious. I remember a farrier, who provoked one of them, by asking her when the time she had bargained with the devil for would be out; and within three months from that very day one of his best cows was drowned. Nor was she satisfied with that; for a little time afterwards he lost a barrel of best-drink: for the old witch pulled out the spigot, and let it run all over the cellar, the very first evening he had tapped it to make merry with some of his neighbours. In short, nothing ever thrived with him afterwards; for she worried the poor man so, that he took to drinking; and in a year or two his stock was seized, and he and his family are now come to the parish. It would certainly be his turn next; and earnestly entreated him to return back, and find out the old woman, and pacify her. We shall very soon, reach the inn; for though we have seemed to go forward, I am very certain we are in the identical place in which we were an hour ago; and I dare swear, if it was daylight, we might now see the inn we set out from.", "pos": 1285634}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Either we advance, towards the lights, or the lights have advanced towards us; for we are now at a very little distance from them; but how can either of you be afraid of a set of people who appear only to be merry-making?", "pos": 1288840}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Merry-making, sir! who could be merry-making at this time of night, and in such a place, and such weather? They can be nothing but ghosts or witches, or some evil spirits or other, that's certain.", "pos": 1289075}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Let them be what they will. I am resolved to go up to them, and enquire the way to Coventry. All witches, Partridge, are not such ill-natured hags as that we had the misfortune to meet with last.", "pos": 1289293}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "O Lord, sir, there is no knowing what humour they will be in; to be sure it is always best to be civil to them; but what if we should meet with something worse than witches, with evil spirits themselves?----Pray, sir, be advised; pray, sir, do. If you had read so many terrible accounts as I have of these matters, you would not be so fool-hardy.----The Lord knows whither we have got already, or whither we are going; for sure such darkness was never seen upon earth, and I question whether it can be darker in the other world.", "pos": 1289506}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "If you are a friend, you had better alight till the storm is over; you are very welcome to put up your horse; for there is sufficient room for him at the end of the barn. You are very obliging, and I will accept your offer for a few minutes, whilst the rain continues; and here are two more who will be glad of the same favour.", "pos": 1290753}
{"speaker": "His majesty", "text": "Me doubt not, sir, but you have often seen some of my people, who are what you call de parties detache: for dey go about everywhere; but me fancy you imagine not we be so considrable body as we be; and may be you will be surprize more when you hear de gypsy be as orderly and well govern people as any upon face of de earth. Me have honour, as me say, to be deir king, and no monarch can do boast of more dutiful subject, ne no more affectionate. How far me deserve deir good-will, me no say; but dis me can say, dat me never design anyting but to do dem good. Me sall no do boast of dat neider: for what can me do oderwise dan consider of de good of dose poor people who go about all day to give me always de best of what dey get. Dey love and honour me darefore, because me do love and take care of dem; dat is all, me know no oder reason. About a tousand or two tousand year ago, me cannot tell to a year or two, as can neider write nor read, dere was a great what you call--a volution among de gypsy; for dere was de lord gypsy in dose days; and dese lord did quarrel vid one anoder about de place; but de king of de gypsy did demolish dem all, and made all his subject equal vid each oder; and since dat time dey have agree very well; for dey no tink of being king, and may be it be better for dem as dey be; for me assure you it be ver troublesome ting to be king, and always to do justice; me have often wish to be de private gypsy when me have been forced to punish my dear friend and relation; for dough we never put to death, our punishments be ver severe. Dey make de gypsy ashamed of demselves, and dat be ver terrible punishment; me ave scarce ever known de gypsy so punish do harm any more.", "pos": 1295616}
{"speaker": "The king", "text": "Dat be ver strange, for me know and hears good deal of your people, dough me no live among dem; and me have often hear dat sham is de consequence and de cause too of many of your rewards. Are your rewards and punishments den de same ting?", "pos": 1297624}
{"speaker": "His majesty", "text": "Sir, you have hear what dey say; what punishment do you tink your man deserve?", "pos": 1299361}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "He was sorry for what had happened, and that Partridge should make the husband all the amends in his power: he said, he had very little money about him at that time;", "pos": 1299458}
{"speaker": "the husband", "text": "He hoped his honour would not think of giving him less than five.", "pos": 1299728}
{"speaker": "His majesty", "text": "At what time he had discovered the criminals?", "pos": 1300041}
{"speaker": "The witness", "text": "That he had been desired by the husband to watch the motions of his wife from her first speaking to the stranger, and that he had never lost sight of her afterwards till the crime had been committed.", "pos": 1300111}
{"speaker": "The king", "text": "if the husband was with him all that time in his lurking-place?", "pos": 1300334}
{"speaker": "His Egyptian majesty", "text": "Me be sorry to see any gypsy dat have no more honour dan to sell de honour of his wife for money. If you had de love for your wife, you would have prevented dis matter, and not endeavour to make her de whore dat you might discover her. Me do order dat you have no money given you, for you deserve punishment, not reward; me do order derefore, dat you be de infamous gypsy, and do wear pair of horns upon your forehead for one month, and dat your wife be called de whore, and pointed at all dat time; for you be de infamous gypsy, but she be no less de infamous whore.", "pos": 1300512}
{"speaker": "The king", "text": "Me believe you be surprize: for me suppose you have ver bad opinion of my people; me suppose you tink us all de tieves.", "pos": 1301290}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I must confess, sir. I have not heard so favourable an account of them as they seem to deserve.", "pos": 1301412}
{"speaker": "The king", "text": "Me vil tell you, how the difference is between you and us. My people rob your people, and your people rob one anoder.", "pos": 1301524}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Certainly, sir, if ever man deserved a young lady, you deserve young Madam Western; for what a vast quantity of love must a man have, to be able to live upon it without any other food, as you do? I am positive I have eat thirty times as much within these last twenty-four hours as your honour, and yet I am almost famished; for nothing makes a man so hungry as travelling, especially in this cold raw weather. And yet I can't tell how it is, but your honour is seemingly in perfect good health, and you never looked better nor fresher in your life. It must be certainly love that you live upon.", "pos": 1309193}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "And a very rich diet too, Partridge. But did not fortune send me an excellent dainty yesterday? Dost thou imagine I cannot live more than twenty-four hours on this dear pocket-book?", "pos": 1309790}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Undoubtedly, there is enough in that pocket-book to purchase many a good meal. Fortune sent it to your honour very opportunely for present use, as your honour's money must be almost out by this time.", "pos": 1309992}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "What do you mean? I hope you don't imagine that I should be dishonest enough, even if it belonged to any other person, besides Miss Western----", "pos": 1310213}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Dishonest! heaven forbid I should wrong your honour so much! but where's the dishonesty in borrowing a little for present spending, since you will be so well able to pay the lady hereafter? No, indeed, I would have your honour pay it again, as soon as it is convenient, by all means; but where can be the harm in making use of it now you want it? Indeed, if it belonged to a poor body, it would be another thing; but so great a lady, to be sure, can never want it, especially now as she is along with a lord, who, it can't be doubted, will let her have whatever she hath need of. Besides, if she should want a little, she can't want the whole, therefore I would give her a little; but I would be hanged before I mentioned the having found it at first, and before I got some money of my own; for London, I have heard, is the very worst of places to be in without money. Indeed, if I had not known to whom it belonged, I might have thought it was the devil's money, and have been afraid to use it; but as you know otherwise, and came honestly by it, it would be an affront to fortune to part with it all again, at the very time when you want it most; you can hardly expect she should ever do you such another good turn; for fortuna nunquam perpetuo est bona. You will do as you please, notwithstanding all I say; but for my part, I would be hanged before I mentioned a word of the matter. Sire,", "pos": 1310377}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "By what I can see, Partridge, hanging is a matter non longe alienum a Scaevolae studiis.", "pos": 1311787}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "You should say alienus. I remember the passage; it is an example under communis, alienus, immunis, variis casibus serviunt.", "pos": 1311893}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "If you do remember it. I find you don't understand it; but I tell thee, friend, in plain English, that he who finds another's property, and wilfully detains it from the known owner, deserves, in foro conscientiae, to be hanged, no less than if he had stolen it. And as for this very identical bill, which is the property of my angel, and was once in her dear possession, I will not deliver it into any hands but her own, upon any consideration whatever, no, though I was as hungry as thou art, and had no other means to satisfy my craving appetite; this I hope to do before I sleep; but if it should happen otherwise, I charge thee, if thou would'st not incur my displeasure for ever, not to shock me any more by the bare mention of such detestable baseness.", "pos": 1312038}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "I should not have mentioned it now, if it had appeared so to me; for I'm sure I scorn any wickedness as much as another; but perhaps you know better; and yet I might have imagined that I should not have lived so many years, and have taught school so long, without being able to distinguish between fas et nefas; but it seems we are all to live and learn. I remember my old schoolmaster, who was a prodigious great scholar, used often to say, Polly matete cry town is my daskalon. The English of which, he told us, was, That a child may sometimes teach his grandmother to suck eggs. I have lived to a fine purpose, truly, if I am to be taught my grammar at this time of day. Perhaps, young gentleman, you may change your opinion, if you live to my years: for I remember I thought myself as wise when I was a stripling of one or two and twenty as I am now. I am sure I always taught alienus, and my master read it so before me.", "pos": 1312814}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Partridge, I see thou art a conceited old fool, and I wish thou art not likewise an old rogue. Indeed, if I was as well convinced of the latter as I am of the former, thou should'st travel no farther in my company.", "pos": 1314237}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Nemo omnibus horis sapit.", "pos": 1314719}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "To be sure, sir, your knowledge may be superior to mine in some things; but as to the grammar, I think I may challenge any man living. I think, at least, I have that at my finger's end.", "pos": 1315717}
{"speaker": "the gentleman", "text": "I should be obliged to you, sir, if you will accept of my company; for it is very late, and I am a stranger to the road.", "pos": 1316553}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Your honour,", "pos": 1317064}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "First, Genius; thou gift of Heaven; without whose aid in vain we struggle against the stream of nature. Thou who dost sow the generous seeds which art nourishes, and brings to perfection. Do thou kindly take me by the hand, and lead me through all the mazes, the winding labyrinths of nature. Initiate me into all those mysteries which profane eyes never beheld. Teach me, which to thee is no difficult task, to know mankind better than they know themselves. Remove that mist which dims the intellects of mortals, and causes them to adore men for their art, or to detest them for their cunning, in deceiving others, when they are, in reality, the objects only of ridicule, for deceiving themselves. Strip off the thin disguise of wisdom from self-conceit, of plenty from avarice, and of glory from ambition. Come, thou that hast inspired thy Aristophanes, thy Lucian, thy Cervantes, thy Rabelais, thy Molière, thy Shakespear, thy Swift, thy Marivaux, fill my pages with humour; till mankind learn the good-nature to laugh only at the follies of others, and the humility to grieve at their own.", "pos": 1327428}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "And thou, almost the constant attendant on true genius, Humanity, bring all thy tender sensations. If thou hast already disposed of them all between thy Allen and thy Lyttleton, steal them a little while from their bosoms. Not without these the tender scene is painted. From these alone proceed the noble, disinterested friendship, the melting love, the generous sentiment, the ardent gratitude, the soft compassion, the candid opinion; and all those strong energies of a good mind, which fill the moistened eyes with tears, the glowing cheeks with blood, and swell the heart with tides of grief, joy, and benevolence.", "pos": 1328522}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "And thou, O Learning! (for without thy assistance nothing pure, nothing correct, can genius produce) do thou guide my pen. Thee in thy favourite fields, where the limpid, gently-rolling Thames washes thy Etonian banks, in early youth I have worshipped. To thee, at thy birchen altar, with true Spartan devotion, I have sacrificed my blood. Come then, and from thy vast, luxuriant stores, in long antiquity piled up, pour forth the rich profusion. Open thy Maeonian and thy Mantuan coffers, with whatever else includes thy philosophic, thy poetic, and thy historical treasures, whether with Greek or Roman characters thou hast chosen to inscribe the ponderous chests: give me a while that key to all thy treasures, which to thy Warburton thou hast entrusted.", "pos": 1329141}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "Lastly, come Experience, long conversant with the wise, the good, the learned, and the polite. Nor with them only, but with every kind of character, from the minister at his levee, to the bailiff in his spunging-house; from the dutchess at her drum, to the landlady behind her bar. From thee only can the manners of mankind be known; to which the recluse pedant, however great his parts or extensive his learning may be, hath ever been a stranger.", "pos": 1329899}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "Come all these, and more, if possible; for arduous is the task I have undertaken; and, without all your assistance, will, I find, be too heavy for me to support. But if you all smile on my labours I hope still to bring them to a happy conclusion.", "pos": 1330347}
{"speaker": "porter", "text": "That there were no ladies there. he had positive orders to let no person in; but if you think proper, to leave your name, I will acquaint his lordship; and if you call another time you shall know when he will see you.", "pos": 1334377}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "that he had very particular business with the young lady, and could not depart without seeing her.", "pos": 1334795}
{"speaker": "porter", "text": "that there was no young lady in that house, and consequently none could he see; sure you are the strangest man I ever met with, for you will not take an answer.", "pos": 1334969}
{"speaker": "Footman", "text": "if Mr Jones would give him the sum proposed, he would conduct him to the lady.", "pos": 1335921}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "That if this was an improper hour to wait on her lady, he would return in the afternoon; and that he then hoped to have the honour of seeing her.", "pos": 1338345}
{"speaker": "waiting-woman", "text": "Perhaps, sir, you may;", "pos": 1338654}
{"speaker": "maid", "text": "Sure, madam, he is too pretty a man, in my opinion, for any woman in the world to run away from. I had rather fancy it is Mr Jones.", "pos": 1340614}
{"speaker": "Mrs Fitzpatrick", "text": "Mr Jones! what Jones? Betty, you are certainly in the right: he is a very pretty fellow, and I don't wonder that my cousin's maid should tell you so many women are fond of him. I am sorry now I did not inform him where my cousin was; and yet, if he be so terrible a rake as you tell me, it is a pity she should ever see him any more; for what but her ruin can happen from marrying a rake and a beggar against her father's consent? I protest, if he be such a man as the wench described him to you, it is but an office of charity to keep her from him; and I am sure it would be unpardonable in me to do otherwise, who have tasted so bitterly of the misfortunes attending such marriages.", "pos": 1340749}
{"speaker": "Mrs Fitzpatrick", "text": "she should not have thought of disturbing her ladyship, but upon business of the utmost consequence.", "pos": 1344628}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "Then you have seen this terrible man, madam; pray, is he so very fine a figure as he is represented? for Etoff entertained me last night almost two hours with him. The wench I believe is in love with him by reputation.", "pos": 1344922}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "Indeed, madam, this is a matter of great consequence. Nothing can certainly be more commendable than the part you act; and I shall be very glad to have my share in the preservation of a young lady of so much merit, and for whom I have so much esteem.", "pos": 1346199}
{"speaker": "Mrs Fitzpatrick", "text": "Doth not your ladyship think, that it would be the best way to write immediately to my uncle, and acquaint him where my cousin is?", "pos": 1346452}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "Why, no, madam, I think not. Di Western hath described her brother to me to be such a brute, that I cannot consent to put any woman under his power who hath escaped from it. I have heard he behaved like a monster to his own wife, for he is one of those wretches who think they have a right to tyrannise over us, and from such I shall ever esteem it the cause of my sex to rescue any woman who is so unfortunate to be under their power.--The business, dear cousin, will be only to keep Miss Western from seeing this young fellow, till the good company, which she will have an opportunity of meeting here, give her a properer turn.", "pos": 1346674}
{"speaker": "Mrs Fitzpatrick", "text": "If he should find her out, madam, your ladyship may be assured he will leave nothing unattempted to come at her.", "pos": 1347306}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "But, madam, it is impossible he should come here--though indeed it is possible he may get some intelligence where she is, and then may lurk about the house--I wish therefore I knew his person. Is there no way, madam, by which I could have a sight of him? for, otherwise, you know, cousin, she may contrive to see him here without my knowledge.", "pos": 1347443}
{"speaker": "Mrs Fitzpatrick", "text": "That he had threatened her with another visit that afternoon, and that, if her ladyship pleased to do her the honour of calling upon her then, she would hardly fail of seeing him between six and seven; and if he came earlier she would, by some means or other, detain him till her ladyship's arrival.", "pos": 1347836}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "She would come the moment she could get from dinner, which she supposed would be by seven at farthest; for that it was absolutely necessary she should be acquainted with his person. Upon my word, madam, it was very good to take this care of Miss Western; but common humanity, as well as regard to our family, requires it of us both; for it would be a dreadful match indeed.", "pos": 1348163}
{"speaker": "Mrs Fitzpatrick", "text": "Then, sir, you know we are related: and, as we are, you will permit me the right of enquiring into the particulars of your business with my cousin.", "pos": 1349351}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "He had a considerable sum of money of hers in his hands, which he desired to deliver to her.", "pos": 1349558}
{"speaker": "Mrs Fitzpatrick", "text": "Sir, I shall not possibly be able to give you an answer to-night as to that business; but if you please to leave word where I may send to you to-morrow---", "pos": 1352653}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "I am satisfied on the account of my cousin; she can be in no danger from this fellow.", "pos": 1353561}
{"speaker": "Miss Nancy", "text": "He will be murdered! he will be murdered!", "pos": 1358548}
{"speaker": "The footman", "text": "O d--n me, I'll have nothing more to do with you; you have been upon the stage, or I'm d--nably mistaken.", "pos": 1360140}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "I hope, sir, you will not from this accident conclude, that I make a custom of striking my servants, for I assure you this is the first time I have been guilty of it in my remembrance, and I have passed by many provoking faults in this very fellow, before he could provoke me to it; but when you hear what hath happened this evening, you will, I believe, think me excusable. I happened to come home several hours before my usual time, when I found four gentlemen of the cloth at whist by my fire;--and my Hoyle, sir--my best Hoyle, which cost me a guinea, lying open on the table, with a quantity of porter spilt on one of the most material leaves of the whole book. This, you will allow, was provoking; but I said nothing till the rest of the honest company were gone, and then gave the fellow a gentle rebuke, who, instead of expressing any concern, made me a pert answer, `That servants must have their diversions as well as other people; that he was sorry for the accident which had happened to the book, but that several of his acquaintance had bought the same for a shilling, and that I might stop as much in his wages, if I pleased.' I now gave him a severer reprimand than before, when the rascal had the insolence to---In short, he imputed my early coming home to----In short, he cast a reflection----He mentioned the name of a young lady, in a manner--in such a manner that incensed me beyond all patience, and, in my passion, I struck him. That servants must have their diversions as well as other people; that he was sorry for the accident which had happened to the book, but that several of his acquaintance had bought the same for a shilling, and that I might stop as much in his wages, if I pleased.", "pos": 1362207}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "That he believed no person living would blame him; for my part, for my part. I confess I should, on the last-mentioned provocation, have done the same thing.", "pos": 1363695}
{"speaker": "Miss Nancy", "text": "That she believed the gentleman who had spoke the least was capable of feeling most.", "pos": 1367341}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "I am glad, Nanny, the gentleman hath made the observation; I protest I am almost of his opinion. What can be the matter with you, child? I never saw such an alteration. What is become of all your gaiety? Would you think, sir, I used to call her my little prattler? She hath not spoke twenty words this week.", "pos": 1367763}
{"speaker": "maid-servant", "text": "was delivered by a porter for Mr Jones. That the man immediately went away, saying, it required no answer.", "pos": 1368218}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "She knew not what to think.", "pos": 1368879}
{"speaker": "Mr Nightingale", "text": "All I can conclude from it, sir, is, that you are a very happy man; for I make no doubt but these were sent you by some lady whom you will have the happiness of meeting at the masquerade.", "pos": 1368983}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "she did not conceive the harm which some people imagined in a masquerade; but that such extravagant diversions were proper only for persons of quality and fortune, and not for young women who were to get their living, and could, at best, hope to be married to a good tradesman.", "pos": 1371957}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "A tradesman! you shan't undervalue my Nancy. There is not a nobleman upon earth above her merit.", "pos": 1372240}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "O fie! Mr Nightingale, you must not fill the girl's head with such fancies: but if it was her good luck to find a gentleman of your generous way of thinking, I hope she would make a better return to his generosity than to give her mind up to extravagant pleasures. Indeed, where young ladies bring great fortunes themselves, they have some right to insist on spending what is their own; and on that account I have heard the gentlemen say, a man has sometimes a better bargain with a poor wife, than with a rich one.----But let my daughters marry whom they will, I shall endeavour to make them blessings to their husbands:----I beg, therefore, I may hear of no more masquerades. Nancy is, I am certain, too good a girl to desire to go; for she must remember when you carried her thither last year, it almost turned her head; and she did not return to herself, or to her needle, in a month afterwards.", "pos": 1372360}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "as his cloaths, were not yet come to town.", "pos": 1374154}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Partridge, you cannot see my fortune in a more desperate light than I see it myself; and I begin heartily to repent that I suffered you to leave a place where you was settled, and to follow me. However, I insist now on your returning home; and for the expense and trouble which you have so kindly put yourself to on my account, all the cloaths I left behind in your care I desire you would take as your own. I am sorry I can make you no other acknowledgment.", "pos": 1376040}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "For heaven's sake, sir, do but consider; what can your honour do?--how is it possible you can live in this town without money? Do what you will, sir, or go wherever you please, I am resolved not to desert you. But pray, sir, consider--do pray, sir, for your own sake, take it into your consideration; and I'm sure, that your own good sense will bid you return home.", "pos": 1376793}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "How often shall I tell thee, that I have no home to return to? Had I any hopes that Mr Allworthy's doors would be open to receive me, I want no distress to urge me--nay, there is no other cause upon earth, which could detain me a moment from flying to his presence; but, alas! that I am for ever banished from. His last words were--O, Partridge, they still ring in my ears--his last words were, when he gave me a sum of money--what it was I know not, but considerable I'm sure it was--his last words were--`I am resolved from this day forward, on no account to converse with you any more.'", "pos": 1377183}
{"speaker": "Mr Nightingale", "text": "Now you are here, sir, you must beat about for your own game.", "pos": 1379705}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "Do you know me?", "pos": 1380312}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "I don't know you, sir,", "pos": 1380358}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "Indeed I don't know your voice, and I shall have nothing to say to you;", "pos": 1380481}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "If you talk any longer with that trollop, I will acquaint Miss Western. I imagined Mr Jones had been a more discerning lover, than to suffer any disguise to conceal his mistress from him. Is she here, then, madam? Hush, sir, you will be observed. I promise you, upon my honour, Miss Western is not here. Indeed, my good fairy queen, I know your majesty very well, notwithstanding the affected disguise of your voice. Indeed, Mrs Fitzpatrick, it is a little cruel to divert yourself at the expense of my torments.", "pos": 1380846}
{"speaker": "the mask", "text": "Though you have so ingeniously discovered me, I must still speak in the same voice, lest I should be known by others. And do you think, good sir, that I have no greater regard for my cousin, than to assist in carrying on an affair between you two, which must end in her ruin, as well as your own? Besides, I promise you, my cousin is not mad enough to consent to her own destruction, if you are so much her enemy as to tempt her to it.", "pos": 1382186}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Alas, madam! you little know my heart, when you call me an enemy of Sophia.", "pos": 1382624}
{"speaker": "the mask", "text": "And yet to ruin any one,", "pos": 1382716}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "That he would rather suffer the most violent of deaths than sacrifice her interest to his desires. he knew how unworthy he was of her, every way, that he had long ago resolved to quit all such aspiring thoughts, but that some strange accidents had made him desirous to see her once more, when he promised he would take leave of her for ever. No, madam, my love is not of that base kind which seeks its own satisfaction at the expense of what is most dear to its object. I would sacrifice everything to the possession of my Sophia, but Sophia herself.", "pos": 1383141}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "She did not see his pretensions to Sophia so much in the light of presumption, as of imprudence. Young fellows,", "pos": 1384140}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "can never have too aspiring thoughts. I love ambition in a young man, and I would have you cultivate it as much as possible. Perhaps you may succeed with those who are infinitely superior in fortune; nay, I am convinced there are women----but don't you think me a strange creature, Mr Jones, to be thus giving advice to a man with whom I am so little acquainted, and one with whose behaviour to me I have so little reason to be pleased?", "pos": 1384264}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "And are you so little versed in the sex, to imagine you can well affront a lady more than by entertaining her with your passion for another woman? If the fairy queen had conceived no better opinion of your gallantry, she would scarce have appointed you to meet her at the masquerade.", "pos": 1384834}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Sure, madam, you must have infinite discernment, to know people in all disguises.", "pos": 1386634}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "You cannot conceive anything more insipid and childish than a masquerade to the people of fashion, who in general know one another as well here as when they meet in an assembly or a drawing-room; nor will any woman of condition converse with a person with whom she is not acquainted. In short, the generality of persons whom you see here may more properly be said to kill time in this place than in any other; and generally retire from hence more tired than from the longest sermon. To say the truth, I begin to be in that situation myself; and if I have any faculty at guessing, you are not much better pleased. I protest it would be almost charity in me to go home for your sake.", "pos": 1386746}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I know but one charity equal to it, and that is to suffer me to wait on you home.", "pos": 1387430}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "Sure, you have a strange opinion of me, to imagine, that upon such an acquaintance, I would let you into my doors at this time of night. I fancy you impute the friendship I have shown my cousin to some other motive. Confess honestly; don't you consider this contrived interview as little better than a downright assignation? Are you used, Mr Jones, to make these sudden conquests?", "pos": 1387550}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I am not used, madam, to submit to such sudden conquests; but as you have taken my heart by surprize, the rest of my body hath a right to follow; so you must pardon me if I resolve to attend you wherever you go.", "pos": 1387933}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "She was going to sup with an acquaintance, whither she hoped he would not follow her; for if you should,", "pos": 1388316}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "I shall be thought an unaccountable creature, though my friend indeed is not censorious: yet I hope you won't follow me; I protest I shall not know what to say if you do.", "pos": 1388433}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "I hope, gentlemen, you will pardon my making you wait; I am sure if you knew the occasion--I have been to see a cousin of mine, about six miles off, who now lies in.--It should be a warning to all persons (says she, looking at her daughters) how they marry indiscreetly. There is no happiness in this world without a competency. O Nancy! how shall I describe the wretched condition in which I found your poor cousin? she hath scarce lain in a week, and there was she, this dreadful weather, in a cold room, without any curtains to her bed, and not a bushel of coals in her house to supply her with fire; her second son, that sweet little fellow, lies ill of a quinzy in the same bed with his mother; for there is no other bed in the house. Poor little Tommy! I believe, Nancy, you will never see your favourite any more; for he is really very ill. The rest of the children are in pretty good health: but Molly, I am afraid, will do herself an injury: she is but thirteen years old, Mr Nightingale, and yet, in my life, I never saw a better nurse: she tends both her mother and her brother; and, what is wonderful in a creature so young, she shows all the chearfulness in the world to her mother; and yet I saw her--I saw the poor child, Mr Nightingale, turn about, and privately wipe the tears from her eyes.", "pos": 1392553}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "Indeed, mamma,", "pos": 1394660}
{"speaker": "Nancy", "text": "I have always looked on my cousin Anderson", "pos": 1396587}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "as one of the happiest of women.", "pos": 1396656}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "I am sure,", "pos": 1396691}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "the case at present is much otherwise; for any one might have discerned that the tender consideration of each other's sufferings makes the most intolerable part of their calamity, both to the husband and wife. Compared to which, hunger and cold, as they affect their own persons only, are scarce evils. Nay, the very children, the youngest, which is not two years old, excepted, feel in the same manner; for they are a most loving family, and, if they had but a bare competency, would be the happiest people in the world.", "pos": 1396721}
{"speaker": "Nancy", "text": "I never saw the least sign of misery at her house. I am sure my heart bleeds for what you now tell me.", "pos": 1397245}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "O child,", "pos": 1397368}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "she hath always endeavoured to make the best of everything. They have always been in great distress; but, indeed, this absolute ruin hath been brought upon them by others. The poor man was bail for the villain his brother; and about a week ago, the very day before her lying-in, their goods were all carried away, and sold by an execution. He sent a letter to me of it by one of the bailiffs, which the villain never delivered.--What must he think of my suffering a week to pass before he heard of me?", "pos": 1397400}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Good heavens! is there such a man in the world? Indeed I know one such; but can there be another? there are many who have common humanity; for to relieve such distresses in our fellow-creatures, can hardly be called more.", "pos": 1398316}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "She would find some means of conveying them early the next morning;", "pos": 1398714}
{"speaker": "Unknown", "text": "that she had herself done some little matter for the poor people, and had not left them in quite so much misery as she found them.", "pos": 1398792}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "you should recommend them to Mr Allworthy? Or what think you of a collection? I will give them a guinea with all my heart.", "pos": 1399359}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "A very foolish, but a very perverse accident hath happened since our last meeting, which makes it improper I should see you any more at the usual place. I will, if possible, contrive some other place by to-morrow. In the meantime, adieu. I have altered my mind since I wrote; a change which, if you are no stranger to the tenderest of all passions, you will not wonder at. I am now resolved to see you this evening at my own house, whatever may be the consequence. Come to me exactly at seven; I dine abroad, but will be at home by that time. A day, I find, to those that sincerely love, seems longer than I imagined. If you should accidentally be a few moments before me, bid them show you into the drawing-room.", "pos": 1405758}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "This, sir, is my cousin, who hath been so greatly beholden to your goodness, for which he begs to return you his sincerest thanks.", "pos": 1409363}
{"speaker": "Mr Anderson", "text": "It is so, I am convinced it is so!", "pos": 1409810}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "Bless me! what's the meaning of this? you are not ill, I hope, cousin? Some water, a dram this instant.", "pos": 1409847}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Be not frighted, madam. I have almost as much need of a dram as your cousin. We are equally surprized at this unexpected meeting. Your cousin is an acquaintance of mine, Mrs Miller.", "pos": 1409973}
{"speaker": "Mr Anderson", "text": "An acquaintance! Oh, heaven!", "pos": 1410172}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Ay, an acquaintance, and an honoured acquaintance too. When I do not love and honour the man who dares venture everything to preserve his wife and children from instant destruction, may I have a friend capable of disowning me in adversity!", "pos": 1410221}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "Oh, you are an excellent young man. Yes, indeed, poor creature! he hath ventured everything.--If he had not had one of the best of constitutions, it must have killed him.", "pos": 1410481}
{"speaker": "Mr Anderson", "text": "Cousin, this is the angel from heaven whom I meant. This is he to whom, before I saw you, I owed the preservation of my Peggy. He it was to whose generosity every comfort, every support which I have procured for her, was owing. He is, indeed, the worthiest, bravest, noblest; of all human beings. O cousin, I have obligations to this gentleman of such a nature!", "pos": 1410675}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Mention nothing of obligations, not a word, I insist upon it, not a word If, by the trifle you have received from me, I have preserved a whole family, sure pleasure was never bought so cheap.", "pos": 1411099}
{"speaker": "Mr Anderson", "text": "Oh, sir! I wish you could this instant see my house. If any person had ever a right to the pleasure you mention, I am convinced it is yourself. My cousin tells me she acquainted you with the distress in which she found us. That, sir, is all greatly removed, and chiefly by your goodness.----My children have now a bed to lie on----and they have----they have----eternal blessings reward you for it!----they have bread to eat. My little boy is recovered; my wife is out of danger, and I am happy. All, all owing to you, sir, and to my cousin here, one of the best of women. Indeed, sir, I must see you at my house.--Indeed my wife must see you, and thank you.--My children too must express their gratitude.----Indeed, sir, they are not without a sense of their obligation; but what is my feeling when I reflect to whom I owe that they are now capable of expressing their gratitude.----Oh, sir, the little hearts which you have warmed had now been cold as ice without your assistance.", "pos": 1411415}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "She doubted not but such goodness would meet a glorious reward.", "pos": 1412703}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "He had been sufficiently rewarded already. Your cousin's account, madam, hath given me a sensation more pleasing than I have ever known. He must be a wretch who is unmoved at hearing such a story; how transporting then must be the thought of having happily acted a part in this scene! If there are men who cannot feel the delight of giving happiness to others, I sincerely pity them, as they are incapable of tasting what is, in my opinion, a greater honour, a higher interest, and a sweeter pleasure than the ambitious, the avaricious, or the voluptuous man can ever obtain.", "pos": 1412785}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I see, madam, you are surprized.", "pos": 1416653}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Surprized! Oh heavens! Indeed, I am surprized. I almost doubt whether you are the person you seem.", "pos": 1416689}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Indeed, my Sophia, pardon me, madam, for this once calling you so, I am that very wretched Jones, whom fortune, after so many disappointments, hath, at last, kindly conducted to you. Oh! my Sophia, did you know the thousand torments I have suffered in this long, fruitless pursuit.", "pos": 1416807}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Pursuit of whom?", "pos": 1417104}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Can you be so cruel to ask that question? Need I say, of you?", "pos": 1417197}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Of me! Hath Mr Jones, then, any such important business with me?", "pos": 1417276}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "To some, madam, this might seem an important business I hope, madam, you will find it of the same value as when it was lost. Let us not, I beseech you, lose one of these precious moments which fortune hath so kindly sent us. O, my Sophia! I have business of a much superior kind. Thus, on my knees, let me ask your pardon.", "pos": 1417363}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "My pardon! Sure, sir, after what is past, you cannot expect, after what I have heard.", "pos": 1417822}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I scarce know what I say. By heavens! I scarce wish you should pardon me. O my Sophia! henceforth never cast away a thought on such a wretch as I am. If any remembrance of me should ever intrude to give a moment's uneasiness to that tender bosom, think of my unworthiness; and let the remembrance of what passed at Upton blot me for ever from your mind. O my Sophia! my only love! you cannot hate or despise me more for what happened there than I do myself; but yet do me the justice to think that my heart was never unfaithful to you. That had no share in the folly I was guilty of; it was even then unalterably yours. Though I despaired of possessing you, nay, almost of ever seeing you more, I doated still on your charming idea, and could seriously love no other woman. But if my heart had not been engaged, she, into whose company I accidently fell at that cursed place, was not an object of serious love. Believe me, my angel, I never have seen her from that day to this; and never intend or desire to see her again.", "pos": 1417924}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Why. Mr Jones, do you take the trouble to make a defence where you are not accused? If I thought it worth while to accuse you, I have a charge of unpardonable nature indeed.", "pos": 1419432}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "What is it, for heaven's sake?", "pos": 1419621}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Oh, how is it possible! can everything noble and everything base be lodged together in the same bosom? Could I have expected, such treatment from you? Nay, from any gentleman, from any man of honour? To have my name traduced in public; in inns, among the meanest vulgar! to have any little favours that my unguarded heart may have too lightly betrayed me to grant, boasted of there! nay, even to hear that you had been forced to fly from my love!", "pos": 1419742}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "That, did not her duty to her father forbid her to follow her own inclinations, ruin with him would be more welcome to her than the most affluent fortune with another man.", "pos": 1421568}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Oh, Sophia! can I then ruin thee? No; by heavens, no! I never will act so base a part. Dearest Sophia, whatever it costs me, I will renounce you; I will give you up; I will tear all such hopes from my heart as are inconsistent with your real good. My love I will ever retain, but it shall be in silence; it shall be at a distance from you; it shall be in some foreign land; from whence no voice, no sigh of my despair, shall ever reach and disturb your ears. And when I am dead", "pos": 1421888}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "How he came into that room?", "pos": 1422856}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "I thought, Miss Western, you had been at the play?", "pos": 1423328}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "I should not have broke in so abruptly upon you, Miss Western, if I had known you had company.", "pos": 1424136}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I am sure, madam, I shall always think the honour of your ladyship's company----", "pos": 1424422}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "I hope, at least. I interrupt no business.", "pos": 1424505}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "No, madam, our business was at an end. Your ladyship may be pleased to remember I have often mentioned the loss of my pocket-book, which this gentleman, having very luckily found, was so kind to return it to me with the bill in it.", "pos": 1424575}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Ever since he had the pocket-book in his possession, he had used great diligence in enquiring out the lady whose name was writ in it; but never till that day could be so fortunate to discover her.", "pos": 1425321}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "Indeed, Miss Western, you have had very good luck in recovering your money. Not only as it fell into the hands of a gentleman of honour, but as he happened to discover to whom it belonged. I think you would not consent to have it advertised.--It was great good fortune, sir, that you found out to whom the note belonged.", "pos": 1426083}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Oh, madam, it was enclosed in a pocket-book, in which the young lady's name was written.", "pos": 1426406}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "That was very fortunate, indeed. And it was no less so, that you heard Miss Western was at my house; for she is very little known.", "pos": 1426512}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Why, madam, it was by the luckiest chance imaginable I made this discovery. I was mentioning what I had found, and the name of the owner, the other night to a lady at the masquerade, who told me she believed she knew where I might see Miss Western; and if I would come to her house the next morning she would inform me, I went according to her appointment, but she was not at home; nor could I ever meet with her till this morning, when she directed me to your ladyship's house. I came accordingly, and did myself the honour to ask for your ladyship; and upon my saying that I had very particular business, a servant showed me into this room; where I had not been long before the young lady returned from the play. I believe, madam, it is customary to give some reward on these occasions;--I must insist on a very high one for my honesty;--it is, madam, no less than the honour of being permitted to pay another visit here.", "pos": 1426876}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "Sir. I make no doubt that you are a gentleman, and my doors are never shut to people of fashion.", "pos": 1428224}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "Upon my word, a good pretty young fellow; I wonder who he is; for I don't remember ever to have seen his face before.", "pos": 1429876}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Nor I neither, madam. I must say he behaved very handsomely in relation to my note.", "pos": 1429996}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "Yes; and he is a very handsome fellow, don't you think so?", "pos": 1430098}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I did not take much notice of him, but I thought he seemed rather awkward, and ungenteel than otherwise.", "pos": 1430176}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "You are extremely right, you may see, by his manner, that he hath not kept good company. Nay, notwithstanding his returning your note, and refusing the reward, I almost question whether he is a gentleman.----I have always observed there is a something in persons well born, which others can never acquire.----I think I will give orders not to be at home to him.", "pos": 1430302}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Nay, sure, madam, one can't suspect after what he hath done;--besides, if your ladyship observed him, there was an elegance in his discourse, a delicacy, a prettiness of expression that, that----", "pos": 1430690}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "I confess, the fellow hath words----And indeed, Sophia, you must forgive me, indeed you must.", "pos": 1430907}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I forgive your ladyship!", "pos": 1431026}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "Yes, indeed you must, for I had a horrible suspicion when I first came into the room----I vow you must forgive it; but I suspected it was Mr Jones himself.", "pos": 1431066}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Did your ladyship, indeed?", "pos": 1431250}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "Yes, I vow I did. I can't imagine what put it into my head: for, give the fellow his due, he was genteely drest; which, I think, dear Sophy, is not commonly the case with your friend.", "pos": 1431326}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "This raillery, is a little cruel, Lady Bellaston, after my promise to your ladyship.", "pos": 1431528}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "Not at all, child. It would have been cruel before; but after you have promised me never to marry without your father's consent, in which you know is implied your giving up Jones, sure you can bear a little raillery on a passion which was pardonable enough in a young girl in the country, and of which you tell me you have so entirely got the better. What must I think, my dear Sophy, if you cannot bear a little ridicule even on his dress? I shall begin to fear you are very far gone indeed; and almost question whether you have dealt ingenuously with me.", "pos": 1431631}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Indeed, madam, your ladyship mistakes me, if you imagine I had any concern on his account.", "pos": 1432210}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "On his account! You must have mistaken me; I went no farther than his dress;----for I would not injure your taste by any other comparison--I don't imagine, my dear Sophy, if your Mr Jones had been such a fellow as this--", "pos": 1432319}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I thought, your ladyship had allowed him to be handsome", "pos": 1432563}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "Whom, pray?", "pos": 1432640}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Mr Jones. Mr Jones!--no, no; I ask your pardon;--I mean the gentleman who was just now here.", "pos": 1432678}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "O Sophy! Sophy! this Mr Jones, I am afraid, still runs in your head.", "pos": 1432831}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Then, upon my honour, madam. Mr Jones is as entirely indifferent to me, as the gentleman who just now left us.", "pos": 1432920}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "Upon my honour. I believe it. Forgive me, therefore, a little innocent raillery; but I promise you I will never mention his name any more.", "pos": 1433048}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "I was never more surprized than when I found you was gone. When you left the room I little imagined you intended to have left the house without seeing me again. Your behaviour is all of a piece, and convinces me how much I ought to despise a heart which can doat upon an idiot; though I know not whether I should not admire her cunning more than her simplicity: wonderful both! For though she understood not a word of what passed between us, yet she had the skill, the assurance, the----what shall I call it? to deny to my face that she knows you, or ever saw you before.----Was this a scheme laid between you, and have you been base enough to betray me?----O how I despise her, you, and all the world, but chiefly myself! for----I dare not write what I should afterwards run mad to read; but remember, I can detest as violently as I have loved. When you consider the hurry of spirits in which I must have writ, you cannot be surprized at any expressions in my former note.--Yet, perhaps, on reflection, they were rather too warm. At least I would, if possible, think all owing to the odious playhouse, and to the impertinence of a fool, which detained me beyond my appointment.----How easy is it to think well of those we love!----Perhaps you desire I should think so. I have resolved to see you to-night; so come to me immediately. I have ordered to be at home to none but yourself. Mr Jones will imagine I shall assist him in his defence; for I believe he cannot desire to impose on me more than I desire to impose on myself. Come immediately.", "pos": 1442173}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "You see, sir, when women have gone one length too far, they will stop at none. If any person would have sworn this to me a week ago, I would not have believed it of myself.", "pos": 1444789}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I hope, madam, my charming Lady Bellaston will be as difficult to believe anything against one who is so sensible of the many obligations she hath conferred upon him.", "pos": 1444964}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "Indeed! sensible of obligations! Did I expect to hear such cold language from Mr Jones?", "pos": 1445147}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Pardon me, my dear angel, if, after the letters I have received, the terrors of your anger, though I know not how I have deserved it.", "pos": 1445249}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "And have I then, so angry a countenance?--Have I really brought a chiding face with me?", "pos": 1445397}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "If there be honour in man. I have done nothing to merit your anger.--You remember the appointment you sent me; I went in pursuance.", "pos": 1445514}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "I beseech you, do not run through the odious recital.--Answer me but one question, and I shall be easy. Have you not betrayed my honour to her?", "pos": 1445660}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "She's found! she's found!--Here, sir, here, she's here--Mrs Honour is upon the stairs.", "pos": 1445991}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Stop her a moment. Here, madam, step behind the bed, I have no other room nor closet, nor place on earth to hide you in; sure never was so damned an accident.", "pos": 1446080}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "D--n'd indeed!", "pos": 1446257}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "Hey-day! Mr Jones, what's the matter?--That impudent rascal your servant would scarce let me come upstairs. I hope he hath not the same reason to keep me from you as he had at Upton.--I suppose you hardly expected to see me; but you have certainly bewitched my lady. Poor dear young lady! To be sure, I loves her as tenderly as if she was my own sister. Lord have mercy upon you, if you don't make her a good husband! and to be sure, if you do not, nothing can be bad enough for you. A lady! ay, I suppose one of your ladies.--O Mr Jones, there are too many of them in the world; I believe we are got into the house of one, for my Lady Bellaston I darst to say is no better than she should be.", "pos": 1446375}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Hush! hush! every word is overheard in the next room.", "pos": 1447183}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "I don't care a farthing. I speaks no scandal of any one; but to be sure the servants make no scruple of saying as how her ladyship meets men at another place--where the house goes under the name of a poor gentlewoman; but her ladyship pays the rent, and many's the good thing besides, they say, she hath of her. Hey-day! why sure, Mr Jones, you will let me speak; I speaks no scandal, for I only says what I heard from others--and thinks I to myself, much good may it do the gentlewoman with her riches, if she comes by it in such a wicked manner. To be sure it is better to be poor and honest.", "pos": 1447254}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "The servants are villains, and abuse their lady unjustly.", "pos": 1447950}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "Ay, to be sure, servants are always villains, and so my lady says, and won't hear a word of it.", "pos": 1448026}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "No, I am convinced, my Sophia is above listening to such base scandal.", "pos": 1448125}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "Nay, I believe it is no scandal, neither,", "pos": 1448212}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "I am vexed that I cannot see you here this afternoon, but more concerned for the occasion; take great care of yourself, and have the best advice, and I hope there will be no danger.--I am so tormented all this morning with fools, that I have scarce a moment's time to write to you. Adieu. P.S.--I will endeavour to call on you this evening, at nine.--Be sure to be alone.", "pos": 1454469}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "I am very sorry, sir, to wait upon you on such an occasion; but I hope you will consider the ill consequence which it must be to the reputation of my poor girls, if my house should once be talked of as a house of ill-fame. I hope you won't think me, therefore, guilty of impertinence, if I beg you not to bring any more ladies in at that time of night. The clock had struck two before one of them went away.", "pos": 1454957}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I do assure you, madam, the lady who was here last night, and who staid the latest (for the other only brought me a letter), is a woman of very great fashion, and my near relation.", "pos": 1455368}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "I don't know what fashion she is of, but I am sure no woman of virtue, unless a very near relation indeed, would visit a young gentleman at ten at night, and stay four hours in his room with him alone; besides, sir, the behaviour of her chairmen shows what she was; for they did nothing but make jests all the evening in the entry, and asked Mr Partridge, in the hearing of my own maid, if madam intended to stay with his master all night; with a great deal of stuff not proper to be repeated. I have really a great respect for you, Mr Jones, upon your own account; nay, I have a very high obligation to you for your generosity to my cousin. Indeed, I did not know how very good you had been till lately. Little did I imagine to what dreadful courses the poor man's distress had driven him. Little did I think, when you gave me the ten guineas, that you had given them to a highwayman! O heavens! what goodness have you shown! How have you preserved this family!--The character which Mr Allworthy hath formerly given me of you was, I find, strictly true.--And indeed, if I had no obligation to you, my obligations to him are such, that, on his account, I should shew you the utmost respect in my power.--Nay, believe me, dear Mr Jones, if my daughters' and my own reputation were out of the case, I should, for your own sake, be sorry that so pretty a young gentleman should converse with these women; but if you are resolved to do it, I must beg you to take another lodging; for I do not myself like to have such things carried on under my roof; but more especially upon the account of my girls, who have little, heaven knows, besides their characters, to recommend them.", "pos": 1455566}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Indeed, Mrs Miller. I do not take this at all kind. I will never bring any slander on your house; but I must insist on seeing what company I please in my own room; and if that gives you any offence, I shall, as soon as I am able, look for another lodging.", "pos": 1457323}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "I am sorry we must part then, sir, but I am convinced Mr Allworthy himself would never come within my doors, if he had the least suspicion of my keeping an ill house.", "pos": 1457614}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Very well, madam,", "pos": 1457796}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "I hope, sir, you are not angry; for I would not for the world offend any of Mr Allworthy's family. I have not slept a wink all night about this matter.", "pos": 1457829}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I am sorry I have disturbed your rest, madam, but I beg you will send Partridge up to me immediately; How often, am I to suffer for your folly, or rather for my own in keeping you? is that tongue of yours resolved upon my destruction?", "pos": 1457996}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "What have I done, sir?", "pos": 1458410}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Who was it gave you authority to mention the story of the robbery, or that the man you saw here was the person?", "pos": 1458466}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "I, sir?", "pos": 1458580}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Now don't be guilty of a falsehood in denying it,", "pos": 1458607}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "If I did mention such a matter. I am sure I thought no harm; for I should not have opened my lips, if it had not been to his own friends and relations, who, I imagined, would have let it go no farther.", "pos": 1458671}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "But I have a much heavier charge against you, than this. How durst you, after all the precautions I gave you, mention the name of Mr Allworthy in this house? How else, should Mrs Miller be acquainted that there was any connexion between him and me? And it is but this moment she told me she respected me on his account.", "pos": 1458896}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "O Lord, sir. I desire only to be heard out; and to be sure, never was anything so unfortunate: hear me but out, and you will own how wrongfully you have accused me. When Mrs Honour came downstairs last night she met me in the entry, and asked me when my master had heard from Mr Allworthy; and to be sure Mrs Miller heard the very words; and the moment Madam Honour was gone, she called me into the parlour to her. `Mr Partridge,' says she, `what Mr Allworthy is it that the gentlewoman mentioned? is it the great Mr Allworthy of Somersetshire?' `Upon my word, madam,' says I, `I know nothing of the matter.' `Sure,' says she, `your master is not the Mr Jones I have heard Mr Allworthy talk of?' `Upon my word, madam,' says I, `I know nothing of the matter.' `Then,' says she, turning to her daughter Nancy, says she, `as sure as tenpence this is the very young gentleman, and he agrees exactly with the squire's description.' The Lord above knows who it was told her: for I am the arrantest villain that ever walked upon two legs if ever it came out of my mouth. I promise you, sir, I can keep a secret when I am desired. Nay, sir, so far was I from telling her anything about Mr Allworthy, that I told her the very direct contrary; for, though I did not contradict it at that moment, yet, as second thoughts, they say, are best, so when I came to consider that somebody must have informed her, thinks I to myself, I will put an end to the story; and so I went back again into the parlour some time afterwards, and says I, upon my word, says I, whoever, says I, told you that this gentleman was Mr Jones; that is, says I, that this Mr Jones was that Mr Jones, told you a confounded lie: and I beg, says I, you will never mention any such matter, says I; for my master, says I, will think I must have told you so; and I defy anybody in the house ever to say I mentioned any such word. To be certain, sir, it is a wonderful thing, and I have been thinking with myself ever since, how it was she came to know it; not but I saw an old woman here t'other day a begging at the door, who looked as like her we saw in Warwickshire, that caused all that mischief to us. To be sure it is never good to pass by an old woman without giving her something, especially if she looks at you; for all the world shall never persuade me but that they have a great power to do mischief, and to be sure I shall never see an old woman again, but I shall think to myself, Infandum, regina, jubes renovare dolorem.", "pos": 1459301}
{"speaker": "Mr Nightingale", "text": "So, Tom, I hear you had company very late last night. Upon my soul you are a happy fellow, who have not been in town above a fortnight, and can keep chairs waiting at your door till two in the morning.", "pos": 1462357}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I suppose you have received all this information from Mrs Miller, who hath been up here a little while ago to give me warning. The good woman is afraid, it seems, of the reputation of her daughters.", "pos": 1462669}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "Oh! she is wonderfully nice, upon that account; if you remember, she would not let Nancy go with us to the masquerade.", "pos": 1462870}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Nay, upon my honour, I think she's in the right of it, however, I have taken her at her word, and have sent Partridge to look for another lodging.", "pos": 1463011}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "If you will, we may, I believe, be again together; for, to tell you a secret, which I desire you won't mention in the family, I intend to quit the house to-day.", "pos": 1463174}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "What, hath Mrs Miller given you warning too, my friend?", "pos": 1463357}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "No, but the rooms are not convenient enough. Besides, I am grown weary of this part of the town. I want to be nearer the places of diversion; so I am going to Pall-mall.", "pos": 1463428}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "And do you intend to make a secret of your going away?", "pos": 1463622}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "I promise you. I don't intend to bilk my lodgings; but I have a private reason for not taking a formal leave.", "pos": 1463691}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Not so private. I promise you, I have seen it ever since the second day of my coming to the house. Here will be some wet eyes on your departure. Poor Nancy, I pity her, faith! Indeed, Jack, you have played the fool with that girl. You have given her a longing, which I am afraid nothing will ever cure her of.", "pos": 1463827}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "What the devil would you have me do? would you have me marry her to cure her?", "pos": 1464179}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "No. I would not have had you make love to her, as you have often done in my presence. I have been astonished at the blindness of her mother in never seeing it.", "pos": 1464259}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "Pugh, see it! What, the devil should she see?", "pos": 1464439}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Why, see, that you have made her daughter distractedly in love with you. The poor girl cannot conceal it a moment; her eyes are never off from you, and she always colours every time you come into the room. Indeed, I pity her heartily; for she seems to be one of the best-natured and honestest of human creatures.", "pos": 1464508}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "And so. And so, according to your doctrine, one must not amuse oneself by any common gallantries with women, for fear they should fall in love with us.", "pos": 1464837}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Indeed, Jack, you wilfully misunderstand me; I do not fancy women are so apt to fall in love; but you have gone far beyond common gallantries.", "pos": 1465021}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "What, do you suppose that we have been a-bed together?", "pos": 1465166}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "No, upon my honour, I do not suppose so ill of you; nay, I will go farther, I do not imagine you have laid a regular premeditated scheme for the destruction of the quiet of a poor little creature, or have even foreseen the consequence: for I am sure thou art a very good-natured fellow; and such a one can never be guilty of a cruelty of that kind; but at the same time you have pleased your own vanity, without considering that this poor girl was made a sacrifice to it; and while you have had no design but of amusing an idle hour, you have actually given her reason to flatter herself that you had the most serious designs in her favour. Prithee, Jack, answer me honestly; to what have tended all those elegant and luscious descriptions of happiness arising from violent and mutual fondness? all those warm professions of tenderness, and generous disinterested love? Did you imagine she would not apply them? or, speak ingenuously, did not you intend she should?", "pos": 1465278}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "Upon my soul, Tom, I did not think this was in thee. Thou wilt make an admirable parson. So I suppose you would not go to bed to Nancy now, if she would let you?", "pos": 1466267}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "No, may I be d--n'd if I would.", "pos": 1466446}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "Tom, Tom, last night; remember last night----", "pos": 1466504}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Lookee, Mr Nightingale, I am no canting hypocrite, nor do I pretend to the gift of chastity, more than my neighbours. I have been guilty with women, I own it; but am not conscious that I have ever injured any.--Nor would I, to procure pleasure to myself, be knowingly the cause of misery to any human being.", "pos": 1466660}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "Well, well, I believe you, and I am convinced you acquit me of any such thing.", "pos": 1466990}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I do, from my heart, of having debauched the girl, but not from having gained her affections.", "pos": 1467071}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "If I have, I am sorry for it; but time and absence will soon wear off such impressions. It is a receipt I must take myself; for, to confess the truth to you--I never liked any girl half so much in my whole life; but I must let you into the whole secret, Tom. My father hath provided a match for me with a woman I never saw; and she is now coming to town, in order for me to make my addresses to her.", "pos": 1467205}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I heartily wish you had, for, if this be the case, I sincerely pity you both; but surely you don't intend to go away without taking your leave of her?", "pos": 1467883}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "I would not undergo the pain of taking leave, for ten thousand pounds; besides, I am convinced, instead of answering any good purpose, it would only serve to inflame my poor Nancy the more. I beg, therefore, you would not mention a word of it to-day, and in the evening, or to-morrow morning, I intend to depart.", "pos": 1468061}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "Well, there are very surprizing things happen in this world; but certainly it is a wonderful business that I should have a relation of Mr Allworthy in my house, and never know anything of the matter. Alas! sir, you little imagine what a friend that best of gentlemen hath been to me and mine. Yes, sir, I am not ashamed to own it; it is owing to his goodness that I did not long since perish for want, and leave my poor little wretches, two destitute, helpless, friendless orphans, to the care, or rather to the cruelty, of the world. I was born and bred a gentlewoman. My father was an officer of the army, and died in a considerable rank: but he lived up to his pay; and, as that expired with him, his family, at his death, became beggars. We were three sisters. One of us had the good luck to die soon after of the small-pox; a lady was so kind as to take the second out of charity, as she said, to wait upon her. The mother of this lady had been a servant to my grand-mother; and, having inherited a vast fortune from her father, which he had got by pawnbroking, was married to a gentleman of great estate and fashion. She used my sister so barbarously, often upbraiding her with her birth and poverty, calling her in derision a gentlewoman, that I believe she at length broke the heart of the poor girl. In short, she likewise died within a twelvemonth after my father. Fortune thought proper to provide better for me, and within a month from his decease I was married to a clergyman, who had been my lover a long time before, and who had been very ill used by my father on that account: for though my poor father could not give any of us a shilling, yet he bred us up as delicately, considered us, and would have had us consider ourselves, as highly as if we had been the richest heiresses. But my dear husband forgot all this usage, and the moment we were become fatherless he immediately renewed his addresses to me so warmly, that I, who always liked, and now more than ever esteemed him, soon complied. Five years did I live in a state of perfect happiness with that best of men, till at last--Oh! cruel! cruel fortune, that ever separated us, that deprived me of the kindest of husbands and my poor girls of the tenderest parent.--O my poor girls! you never knew the blessing which ye lost.--I am ashamed, Mr Jones, of this womanish weakness; but I shall never mention him without tears.", "pos": 1470819}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I ought rather, madam, to be ashamed that I do not accompany you.", "pos": 1473302}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "Well, sir, I was now left a second time in a much worse condition than before; besides the terrible affliction I was to encounter, I had now two children to provide for; and was, if possible, more pennyless than ever; when that great, that good, that glorious man, Mr Allworthy, who had some little acquaintance with my husband, accidentally heard of my distress, and immediately writ this letter to me. Here, sir, here it is; I put it into my pocket to shew it you. This is the letter, sir; I must and will read it to you. Madam. I heartily condole with you on your late grievous loss, which your own good sense, and the excellent lessons you must have learnt from the worthiest of men, will better enable you to bear than any advice which I am capable of giving. Nor have I any doubt that you, whom I have heard to be the tenderest of mothers, will suffer any immoderate indulgence of grief to prevent you from discharging your duty to those poor infants, who now alone stand in need of your tenderness. However, as you must be supposed at present to be incapable of much worldly consideration, you will pardon my having ordered a person to wait on you, and to pay you twenty guineas, which I beg you will accept till I have the pleasure of seeing you, and believe me to be, madam, &c. This letter, sir, I received within a fortnight after the irreparable loss I have mentioned; and within a fortnight afterwards, Mr Allworthy--the blessed Mr Allworthy, came to pay me a visit, when he placed me in the house where you now see me, gave me a large sum of money to furnish it, and settled an annuity of £50 a-year upon me, which I have constantly received ever since. Judge, then, Mr Jones, in what regard I must hold a benefactor, to whom I owe the preservation of my life, and of those dear children, for whose sake alone my life is valuable. Do not, therefore, think me impertinent, Mr Jones (since I must esteem one for whom I know Mr Allworthy hath so much value), if I beg you not to converse with these wicked women. You are a young gentleman, and do not know half their artful wiles. Do not be angry with me, sir, for what I said upon account of my house; you must be sensible it would be the ruin of my poor dear girls. Besides, sir, you cannot but be acquainted that Mr Allworthy himself would never forgive my conniving at such matters, and particularly with you.", "pos": 1473401}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Upon my word, madam, you need make no farther apology; nor do I in the least take anything ill you have said; but give me leave, as no one can have more value than myself for Mr Allworthy, to deliver you from one mistake, which, perhaps, would not be altogether for his honour; I do assure you, I am no relation of his.", "pos": 1475800}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "Alas! sir, I know you are not, I know very well who you are; for Mr Allworthy hath told me all; but I do assure you, had you been twenty times his son, he could not have expressed more regard for you than he hath often expressed in my presence. You need not be ashamed, sir, of what you are; I promise you no good person will esteem you the less on that account. No, Mr Jones, the words `dishonourable birth' are nonsense, as my dear, dear husband used to say, unless the word `dishonourable' be applied to the parents; for the children can derive no real dishonour from an act of which they are intirely innocent.", "pos": 1476138}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Since I perceive, madam, you really do know me, and Mr Allworthy hath thought proper to mention my name to you; and since you have been so explicit with me as to your own affairs, I will acquaint you with some more circumstances concerning myself.", "pos": 1476801}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "That there was a dreadful hurricane below-stairs; that Miss Nancy was in fits; and that the other sister, and the mother, were both crying and lamenting over her. he fancied the young lady was in no danger of death; for that Susan had given him to understand, it was nothing more than a common affair. In short. Miss Nancy hath had a mind to be as wise as her mother; that's all; she was a little hungry, it seems, and so sat down to dinner before grace was said; and so there is a child coming for the Foundling Hospital.", "pos": 1480120}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Prithee, leave thy stupid jesting. Is the misery of these poor wretches a subject of mirth? Go immediately to Mrs Miller, and tell her I beg leave--Stay, you will make some blunder; I will go myself; for she desired me to breakfast with her.", "pos": 1480804}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "That her mistress hoped he would excuse the disappointment, but an accident had happened, which made it impossible for her to have the pleasure of his company at breakfast that day; and begged his pardon for not sending him up notice sooner.", "pos": 1481614}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "She would give herself no trouble about anything so trifling as his disappointment; that he was heartily sorry for the occasion; and that if he could be of any service to her, she might command him.", "pos": 1481873}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "O Mr Jones! you are certainly one of the best young men alive. I give you a thousand thanks for your kind offer of your service; but, alas! sir, it is out of your power to preserve my poor girl.--O my child! my child! she is undone, she is ruined for ever! that villain who yesterday left my lodgings, hath betrayed my poor girl; hath destroyed her.--I know you are a man of honour. You have a good--a noble heart, Mr Jones. The actions to which I have been myself a witness, could proceed from no other. I will tell you all: nay, indeed, it is impossible, after what hath happened, to keep it a secret. That Nightingale, that barbarous villain, hath undone my daughter. She is--she is--oh! Mr Jones, my girl is with child by him; and in that condition he hath deserted her. Here! here, sir, is his cruel letter: read it, Mr Jones, and tell me if such another monster lives.", "pos": 1482224}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "DEAR NANCY. As I found it impossible to mention to you what, I am afraid, will be no less shocking to you, than it is to me, I have taken this method to inform you, that my father insists upon my immediately paying my addresses to a young lady of fortune, whom he hath provided for my--I need not write the detested word. Your own good understanding will make you sensible, how entirely I am obliged to an obedience, by which I shall be for ever excluded from your dear arms. The fondness of your mother may encourage you to trust her with the unhappy consequence of our love, which may be easily kept a secret from the world, and for which I will take care to provide, as I will for you. I wish you may feel less on this account than I have suffered; but summon all your fortitude to your assistance, and forgive and forget the man, whom nothing but the prospect of certain ruin could have forced to write this letter. I bid you forget me, I mean only as a lover; but the best of friends you shall ever find in your faithful, though unhappy. J. N.", "pos": 1483199}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I cannot express, madam, how much I am shocked at what I have read; yet let me beg you, in one particular, to take the writer's advice. Consider the reputation of your daughter.", "pos": 1484371}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "It is gone, it is lost, Mr Jones, as well as her innocence. She received the letter in a room full of company, and immediately swooning away upon opening it, the contents were known to every one present. But the loss of her reputation, bad as it is, is not the worst; I shall lose my child; she hath attempted twice to destroy herself already; and though she hath been hitherto prevented, vows she will not outlive it; nor could I myself outlive any accident of that nature.--What then will become of my little Betsy, a helpless infant orphan? and the poor little wretch will, I believe, break her heart at the miseries with which she sees her sister and myself distracted, while she is ignorant of the cause. O 'tis the most sensible, and best-natured little thing! The barbarous, cruel----hath destroyed us all. O my poor children! Is this the reward of all my cares? Is this the fruit of all my prospects? Have I so chearfully undergone all the labours and duties of a mother? Have I been so tender of their infancy, so careful of their education? Have I been toiling so many years, denying myself even the conveniences of life, to provide some little sustenance for them, to lose one or both in such a manner?", "pos": 1484554}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Indeed, madam, I pity you from my soul.", "pos": 1485783}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "O! Mr Jones, even you, though I know the goodness of your heart, can have no idea of what I feel. The best, the kindest, the most dutiful of children! O my poor Nancy, the darling of my soul! the delight of my eyes! the pride of my heart! too much, indeed, my pride; for to those foolish, ambitious hopes, arising from her beauty, I owe her ruin. Alas! I saw with pleasure the liking which this young man had for her. I thought it an honourable affection; and flattered my foolish vanity with the thoughts of seeing her married to one so much her superior. And a thousand times in my presence, nay, often in yours, he hath endeavoured to soothe and encourage these hopes by the most generous expressions of disinterested love, which he hath always directed to my poor girl, and which I, as well as she, believed to be real. Could I have believed that these were only snares laid to betray the innocence of my child, and for the ruin of us all?", "pos": 1485880}
{"speaker": "Betsy", "text": "Dear mamma, for heaven's sake come to my sister; for she is in another fit, and my cousin can't hold her.", "pos": 1486891}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "She thanked heaven Nancy was now come to herself. And now, Betsy, you may go in, for your sister is better, and longs to see you.", "pos": 1488314}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I hope, madam. I shall have a more exquisite repast than any you could have provided for me. This, I assure you, will be the case, if I can do any service to this little family of love. But whatever success may attend my endeavours, I am resolved to attempt it. I am very much deceived in Mr Nightingale, if, notwithstanding what hath happened, he hath not much goodness of heart at the bottom, as well as a very violent affection for your daughter. If this be the case, I think the picture which I shall lay before him will affect him. Endeavour, madam, to comfort yourself, and Miss Nancy, as well as you can. I will go instantly in quest of Mr Nightingale; and I hope to bring you good news.", "pos": 1488562}
{"speaker": "Mr Nightingale", "text": "Nothing could be more opportune than this kind visit; for I was never more in the spleen in my life.", "pos": 1490404}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I am sorry, that I bring news very unlikely to relieve you: nay, what I am convinced must, of all other, shock you the most. However, it is necessary you should know it. Without further preface, then, I come to you, Mr Nightingale, from a worthy family, which you have involved in misery and ruin. that I bring news very unlikely to relieve you: nay, what I am convinced must, of all other, shock you the most. However, it is necessary you should know it. Without further preface, then, I come to you, Mr Nightingale, from a worthy family, which you have involved in misery and ruin.", "pos": 1490507}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "What you tell me, my friend, affects me in the tenderest manner. Sure there never was so cursed an accident as the poor girl's betraying my letter. Her reputation might otherwise have been safe, and the affair might have remained a profound secret; and then the girl might have gone off never the worse; for many such things happen in this town: and if the husband should suspect a little, when it is too late, it will be his wiser conduct to conceal his suspicion both from his wife and the world.", "pos": 1491199}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Indeed, my friend, this could not have been the case with your poor Nancy. You have so entirely gained her affections, that it is the loss of you, and not of her reputation, which afflicts her, and will end in the destruction of her and her family.", "pos": 1491700}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "Nay, for that matter, I promise you, she hath my affections so absolutely, that my wife, whoever she is to be, will have very little share in them.", "pos": 1491969}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "And is it possible then, you can think of deserting her?", "pos": 1492140}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "Why, what can I do?", "pos": 1492213}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Ask Miss Nancy. In the condition to which you have reduced her, I sincerely think she ought to determine what reparation you shall make her. Her interest alone, and not yours, ought to be your sole consideration. But if you ask me what you shall do, what can you do less, than fulfil the expectations of her family, and her own? Nay, I sincerely tell you, they were mine too, ever since I first saw you together. You will pardon me if I presume on the friendship you have favoured me with, moved as I am with compassion for those poor creatures. But your own heart will best suggest to you, whether you have never intended, by your conduct, to persuade the mother, as well as the daughter, into an opinion, that you designed honourably: and if so, though there may have been no direct promise of marriage in the case, I will leave to your own good understanding, how far you are bound to proceed.", "pos": 1492255}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "Nay, I must not only confess what you have hinted, but I am afraid even that very promise you mention I have given.", "pos": 1493193}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "And can you, after owning that, hesitate a moment?", "pos": 1493331}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "Consider, my friend. I know you are a man of honour, and would advise no one to act contrary to its rules; if there were no other objection, can I, after this publication of her disgrace, think of such an alliance with honour?", "pos": 1493398}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Undoubtedly. Undoubtedly, and the very best and truest honour, which is goodness, requires it of you. As you mention a scruple of this kind, you will give me leave to examine it. Can you with honour be guilty of having under false pretences deceived a young woman and her family, and of having by these means treacherously robbed her of her innocence? Can you, with honour, be the knowing, the wilful occasion, nay, the artful contriver of the ruin of a human being? Can you, with honour, destroy the fame, the peace, nay, probably, both the life and soul too, of this creature? Can honour bear the thought, that this creature is a tender, helpless, defenceless, young woman? A young woman, who loves, who doats on you, who dies for you; who hath placed the utmost confidence in your promises; and to that confidence hath sacrificed everything which is dear to her? Can honour support such contemplations as these a moment?", "pos": 1493649}
{"speaker": "Mr Nightingale", "text": "Common sense, indeed, warrants all you say; but yet you well know the opinion of the world is so contrary to it, that, was I to marry a whore, though my own, I should be ashamed of ever showing my face again.", "pos": 1494599}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Fie upon it, Mr Nightingale! do not call her by so ungenerous a name: when you promised to marry her she became your wife; and she hath sinned more against prudence than virtue. And what is this world which you would be ashamed to face but the vile, the foolish, and the profligate? Forgive me if I say such a shame must proceed from false modesty, which always attends false honour as its shadow.--But I am well assured there is not a man of real sense and goodness in the world who would not honour and applaud the action. But, admit no other would, would not your own heart, my friend, applaud it? And do not the warm, rapturous sensations, which we feel from the consciousness of an honest, noble, generous, benevolent action, convey more delight to the mind than the undeserved praise of millions? Set the alternative fairly before your eyes. On the one side, see this poor, unhappy, tender, believing girl, in the arms of her wretched mother, breathing her last. Hear her breaking heart in agonies, sighing out your name; and lamenting, rather than accusing, the cruelty which weighs her down to destruction. Paint to your imagination the circumstances of her fond despairing parent, driven to madness, or, perhaps, to death, by the loss of her lovely daughter. View the poor, helpless, orphan infant; and when your mind hath dwelt a moment only on such ideas, consider yourself as the cause of all the ruin of this poor, little, worthy, defenceless family. On the other side, consider yourself as relieving them from their temporary sufferings. Think with what joy, with what transports that lovely creature will fly to your arms. See her blood returning to her pale cheeks, her fire to her languid eyes, and raptures to her tortured breast. Consider the exultations of her mother, the happiness of all. Think of this little family made by one act of yours completely happy. Think of this alternative, and sure I am mistaken in my friend if it requires any long deliberation whether he will sink these wretches down for ever, or, by one generous, noble resolution, raise them all from the brink of misery and despair to the highest pitch of human happiness. Add to this but one consideration more; the consideration that it is your duty so to do--That the misery from which you will relieve these poor people is the misery which you yourself have wilfully brought upon them.", "pos": 1494810}
{"speaker": "Mr Nightingale", "text": "O, my dear friend! I wanted not your eloquence to rouse me. I pity poor Nancy from my soul, and would willingly give anything in my power that no familiarities had ever passed between us. Nay, believe me, I had many struggles with my passion before I could prevail with myself to write that cruel letter, which hath caused all the misery in that unhappy family. If I had no inclinations to consult but my own, I would marry her to-morrow morning: I would, by heaven! but you will easily imagine how impossible it would be to prevail on my father to consent to such a match; besides, he hath provided another for me; and to-morrow, by his express command, I am to wait on the lady.", "pos": 1497229}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I have not the honour to know your father; but, suppose he could be persuaded, would you yourself consent to the only means of preserving these poor people?", "pos": 1497912}
{"speaker": "Mr Nightingale", "text": "As eagerly as I would pursue my happiness, for I never shall find it in any other woman.--O, my dear friend! could you imagine what I have felt within these twelve hours for my poor girl, I am convinced she would not engross all your pity. Passion leads me only to her; and, if I had any foolish scruples of honour, you have fully satisfied them: could my father be induced to comply with my desires, nothing would be wanting to compleat my own happiness or that of my Nancy.", "pos": 1498085}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Then I am resolved to undertake it. You must not be angry with me, in whatever light it may be necessary to set this affair, which, you may depend on it, could not otherwise be long hid from him: for things of this nature make a quick progress when once they get abroad, as this unhappily hath already. Besides, should any fatal accident follow, as upon my soul I am afraid will, unless immediately prevented, the public would ring of your name in a manner which, if your father hath common humanity, must offend him. If you will therefore tell me where I may find the old gentleman, I will not lose a moment in the business; which, while I pursue, you cannot do a more generous action than by paying a visit to the poor girl. You will find I have not exaggerated in the account I have given of the wretchedness of the family.", "pos": 1498587}
{"speaker": "Mr Nightingale", "text": "My dear Tom, you are going to undertake an impossibility. If you knew my father you would never think of obtaining his consent.----Stay, there is one way--suppose you told him I was already married, it might be easier to reconcile him to the fact after it was done; and, upon my honour, I am so affected with what you have said, and I love my Nancy so passionately, I almost wish it was done, whatever might be the consequence.", "pos": 1499639}
{"speaker": "Mr Nightingale", "text": "That he would lose his labour.", "pos": 1503410}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Is it then possible, sir, that you can guess my business?", "pos": 1503443}
{"speaker": "Mr Nightingale", "text": "If I do guess it, I repeat again to you, you will lose your labour. What, I suppose you are one of those sparks who lead my son into all those scenes of riot and debauchery, which will be his destruction? but I shall pay no more of his bills, I promise you. I expect he will quit all such company for the future. If I had imagined otherwise, I should not have provided a wife for him; for I would be instrumental in the ruin of nobody.", "pos": 1503542}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "How, sir, and was this lady of your providing?", "pos": 1503994}
{"speaker": "Mr Nightingale", "text": "Pray, sir, how comes it to be any concern of yours?", "pos": 1504073}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Nay, dear sir, be not offended that I interest myself in what regards your son's happiness, for whom I have so great an honour and value. It was upon that very account I came to wait upon you. I can't express the satisfaction you have given me by what you say; for I do assure you your son is a person for whom I have the highest honour.--Nay, sir, it is not easy to express the esteem I have for you; who could be so generous, so good, so kind, so indulgent to provide such a match for your son; a woman, who, I dare swear, will make him one of the happiest men upon earth.", "pos": 1504145}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "Pray, good sir, be pleased to sit down. I do not remember to have ever had the pleasure of seeing you before; but if you are a friend of my son, and have anything to say concerning this young lady, I shall be glad to hear you. As to her making him happy, it will be his own fault if she doth not. I have discharged my duty, in taking care of the main article. She will bring him a fortune capable of making any reasonable, prudent, sober man, happy.", "pos": 1505208}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Undoubtedly, for she is in herself a fortune; so beautiful, so genteel, so sweet-tempered, and so well-educated; she is indeed a most accomplished young lady; sings admirably well, and hath a most delicate hand at the harpsichord.", "pos": 1505671}
{"speaker": "the old gentleman", "text": "I did not know any of these matters,", "pos": 1505919}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "for I never saw the lady: but I do not like her the worse for what you tell me; and I am the better pleased with her father for not laying any stress on these qualifications in our bargain. I shall always think it a proof of his understanding. A silly fellow would have brought in these articles as an addition to her fortune; but, to give him his due, he never mentioned any such matter; though to be sure they are no disparagements to a woman.", "pos": 1505986}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I do assure you, sir, she hath them all in the most eminent degree: for my part, I own I was afraid you might have been a little backward, a little less inclined to the match; for your son told me you had never seen the lady; therefore I came, sir, in that case, to entreat you, to conjure you, as you value the happiness of your son, not to be averse to his match with a woman who hath not only all the good qualities I have mentioned, but many more.", "pos": 1506434}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "If that was your business, sir, we are both obliged to you; and you may be perfectly easy; for I give you my word I was very well satisfied with her fortune.", "pos": 1506904}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Sir. I honour you every moment more and more. To be so easily satisfied, so very moderate on that account, is a proof of the soundness of your understanding, as well as the nobleness of your mind.", "pos": 1507090}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "Not so very moderate, young gentleman, not so very moderate,", "pos": 1507310}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Still more and more noble, and give me leave to add, sensible: for sure it is little less than madness to consider money as the sole foundation of happiness. Such a woman as this with her little, her nothing of a fortune", "pos": 1507395}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "I find, you have a pretty just opinion of money, my friend, or else you are better acquainted with the person of the lady than with her circumstances. Why, pray, what fortune do you imagine this lady to have?", "pos": 1507636}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "What fortune? why, too contemptible a one to be named for your son.", "pos": 1507874}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "Well, well, well, perhaps he might have done better.", "pos": 1507960}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "That I deny, for she is one of the best of women.", "pos": 1508034}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "Ay, ay, but in point of fortune I mean. And yet, as to that now, how much do you imagine your friend is to have?", "pos": 1508101}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "How much? how much? Why, at the utmost, perhaps £200.", "pos": 1508239}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "Do you mean to banter me, young gentleman?", "pos": 1508310}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "No, upon my soul. I am in earnest: nay, I believe I have gone to the utmost farthing. If I do the lady an injury, I ask her pardon.", "pos": 1508388}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "Indeed you do. I am certain she hath fifty times that sum, and she shall produce fifty to that before I consent that she shall marry my son.", "pos": 1508540}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Nay, it is too late to talk of consent now; if she had not fifty farthings your son is married.", "pos": 1508703}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "My son married!", "pos": 1508816}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I thought you was unacquainted with it.", "pos": 1508896}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "My son married to Miss Harris!", "pos": 1508938}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "To Miss Harris! no, sir; to Miss Nancy Miller, the daughter of Mrs Miller, at whose house he lodged; a young lady, who, though her mother is reduced to let lodgings--", "pos": 1508990}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "Are you bantering, or are you in earnest?", "pos": 1509174}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Indeed, sir. I scorn the character of a banterer. I came to you in most serious earnest, imagining, as I find true, that your son had never dared acquaint you with a match so much inferior to him in point of fortune, though the reputation of the lady will suffer it no longer to remain a secret.", "pos": 1509262}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "If you was a little cooler, brother, I would ask you whether you love your son for his sake or for your own. You would answer, I suppose, and so I suppose you think, for his sake; and doubtless it is his happiness which you intended in the marriage you proposed for him. Now, brother, to prescribe rules of happiness to others hath always appeared to me very absurd, and to insist on doing this, very tyrannical. It is a vulgar error, I know; but it is, nevertheless, an error. And if this be absurd in other things, it is mostly so in the affair of marriage, the happiness of which depends entirely on the affection which subsists between the parties. I have therefore always thought it unreasonable in parents to desire to chuse for their children on this occasion; since to force affection is an impossible attempt; nay, so much doth love abhor force, that I know not whether, through an unfortunate but uncurable perverseness in our natures, it may not be even impatient of persuasion. It is, however, true that, though a parent will not, I think, wisely prescribe, he ought to be consulted on this occasion; and, in strictness, perhaps, should at least have a negative voice. My nephew, therefore, I own, in marrying, without asking your advice, hath been guilty of a fault. But, honestly speaking, brother, have you not a little promoted this fault? Have not your frequent declarations on this subject given him a moral certainty of your refusal, where there was any deficiency in point of fortune? Nay, doth not your present anger arise solely from that deficiency? And if he hath failed in his duty here, did you not as much exceed that authority when you absolutely bargained with him for a woman, without his knowledge, whom you yourself never saw, and whom, if you had seen and known as well as I, it must have been madness in you to have ever thought of bringing her into your family? Still I own my nephew in a fault; but surely it is not an unpardonable fault. He hath acted indeed without your consent, in a matter in which he ought to have asked it, but it is in a matter in which his interest is principally concerned; you yourself must and will acknowledge that you consulted his interest only, and if he unfortunately differed from you, and hath been mistaken in his notion of happiness, will you, brother, if you love your son, carry him still wider from the point? Will you increase the ill consequences of his simple choice? Will you endeavour to make an event certain misery to him, which may accidentally prove so? In a word, brother, because he hath put it out of your power to make his circumstances as affluent as you would, will you distress them as much as you can?", "pos": 1511799}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "I wish, brother, you would have confined your care to your own daughter, and never have troubled yourself with my son, who hath, I believe, as little profited by your precepts, as by your example.", "pos": 1515063}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "As you have been always the best and kindest of uncles to me, and as you have shown such unparalleled goodness in forgiving this match, which to be sure may be thought a little improvident, I should never forgive myself if I attempted to deceive you in anything. How, Jack? and are you really then not married to this young woman? No, upon my honour. I have told you the simple truth. My dear boy. I am heartily glad to hear it. I never was better pleased in my life. If you had been married I should have assisted you as much as was in my power to have made the best of a bad matter; but there is a great difference between considering a thing which is already done and irrecoverable, and that which is yet to do. Let your reason have fair play, Jack, and you will see this match in so foolish and preposterous a light, that there will be no need of any dissuasive arguments. How, sir? is there this difference between having already done an act, and being in honour engaged to do it? Pugh! honour is a creature of the world's making, and the world hath the power of a creator over it, and may govern and direct it as they please. Now you well know how trivial these breaches of contract are thought; even the grossest make but the wonder and conversation of a day. Is there a man who afterwards will be more backward in giving you his sister, or daughter? or is there any sister or daughter who would be more backward to receive you? Honour is not concerned in these engagements. Pardon me, dear sir. I can never think so; and not only honour, but conscience and humanity, are concerned. I am well satisfied, that, was I now to disappoint the young creature, her death would be the consequence, and I should look upon myself as her murderer; nay, as her murderer by the cruellest of all methods, by breaking her heart. Break her heart, indeed! no, no, Jack, the hearts of women are not so soon broke; they are tough, boy, they are tough. But, sir, my own affections are engaged, and I never could be happy with any other woman. How often have I heard you say, that children should be always suffered to chuse for themselves, and that you would let my cousin Harriet do so? Why, ay, so I would have them; but then I would have them chuse wisely.--Indeed, Jack, you must and shall leave the girl. Indeed, uncle. I must and will have her. You will, young gentleman; I did not expect such a word from you. I should not wonder if you had used such language to your father, who hath always treated you like a dog, and kept you at the distance which a tyrant preserves over his subjects; but I, who have lived with you upon an equal footing, might surely expect better usage: but I know how to account for it all: it is all owing to your preposterous education, in which I have had too little share. There is my daughter, now, whom I have brought up as my friend, never doth anything without my advice, nor ever refuses to take it when I give it her. You have never yet given her advice in an affair of this kind, for I am greatly mistaken in my cousin, if she would be very ready to obey even your most positive commands in abandoning her inclinations. Don't abuse my girl, don't abuse my Harriet. I have brought her up to have no inclinations contrary to my own. By suffering her to do whatever she pleases, I have enured her to a habit of being pleased to do whatever I like. Pardon, me, sir. I have not the least design to reflect on my cousin, for whom I have the greatest esteem; and indeed I am convinced you will never put her to so severe a tryal, or lay such hard commands on her as you would do on me.--But, dear sir, let us return to the company; for they will begin to be uneasy at our long absence. I must beg one favour of my dear uncle, which is that he would not say anything to shock the poor girl or her mother. Oh! you need not fear me. I understand myself too well to affront women; so I will readily grant you that favour; and in return I must expect another of you. There are but few of your commands, sir, which I shall not very chearfully obey. Nay, sir, I ask nothing, but the honour of your company home to my lodging, that I may reason the case a little more fully with you; for I would, if possible, have the satisfaction of preserving my family, notwithstanding the headstrong folly of my brother, who, in his own opinion, is the wisest man in the world.", "pos": 1517941}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "I would attend her early in the morning, and fulfil all his engagements.", "pos": 1525065}
{"speaker": "wise old gentleman", "text": "When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.", "pos": 1529220}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "Bless me, my lord, are you here yet? I thought my servants had made a mistake, and let you go away; and I wanted to see you about an affair of some importance.", "pos": 1532767}
{"speaker": "Lord Fellamar", "text": "Indeed, Lady Bellaston. I don't wonder you are astonished at the length of my visit; for I have staid above two hours, and I did not think I had staid above half-a-one.", "pos": 1532932}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "What am I to conclude from thence, my lord? The company must be very agreeable which can make time slide away so very deceitfully.", "pos": 1533117}
{"speaker": "Lord Fellamar", "text": "Upon my honour, the most agreeable I ever saw. Pray tell me, Lady Bellaston, who is this blazing star which you have produced among us all of a sudden?", "pos": 1533265}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "What blazing star, my lord?", "pos": 1533433}
{"speaker": "Lord Fellamar", "text": "I mean, the lady I saw here the other day, whom I had last night in my arms at the playhouse, and to whom I have been making that unreasonable visit.", "pos": 1533495}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "O, my cousin Western! why, that blazing star, my lord, is the daughter of a country booby squire, and hath been in town about a fortnight, for the first time.", "pos": 1533661}
{"speaker": "Lord Fellamar", "text": "Upon my soul. I should swear she had been bred up in a court; for besides her beauty, I never saw anything so genteel, so sensible, so polite.", "pos": 1533837}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "O brave! my cousin hath you, I find.", "pos": 1533996}
{"speaker": "Lord Fellamar", "text": "Upon my honour. I wish she had; for I am in love with her to distraction.", "pos": 1534056}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "Nay, my lord, it is not wishing yourself very ill neither, for she is a very great fortune: I assure you she is an only child, and her father's estate is a good £3000 a-year.", "pos": 1534150}
{"speaker": "Lord Fellamar", "text": "Then I can assure you, madam. I think her the best match in England.", "pos": 1534339}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "Indeed, my lord, if you like her, I heartily wish you had her.", "pos": 1534431}
{"speaker": "Lord Fellamar", "text": "If you think so kindly of me, madam, as she is a relation of yours, will you do me the honour to propose it to her father?", "pos": 1534511}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "And are you really then in earnest?", "pos": 1534647}
{"speaker": "Lord Fellamar", "text": "I hope, madam, you have a better opinion of me, than to imagine I would jest with your ladyship in an affair of this kind.", "pos": 1534727}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "Indeed, then. I will most readily propose your lordship to her father; and I can, I believe, assure you of his joyful acceptance of the proposal; but there is a bar, which I am almost ashamed to mention; and yet it is one you will never be able to conquer. You have a rival, my lord, and a rival who, though I blush to name him, neither you, nor all the world, will ever be able to conquer.", "pos": 1534867}
{"speaker": "Lord Fellamar", "text": "Upon my word, Lady Bellaston, you have struck a damp to my heart, which hath almost deprived me of being.", "pos": 1535277}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "Fie, my lord. I should rather hope I had struck fire into you. A lover, and talk of damps in your heart! I rather imagined you would have asked your rival's name, that you might have immediately entered the lists with him.", "pos": 1535397}
{"speaker": "Lord Fellamar", "text": "I promise you, madam, there are very few things I would not undertake for your charming cousin; but pray, who is this happy man?", "pos": 1535634}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "Why, he is, what I am sorry to say most happy men with us are, one of the lowest fellows in the world. He is a beggar, a bastard, a foundling, a fellow in meaner circumstances than one of your lordship's footmen.", "pos": 1535781}
{"speaker": "Lord Fellamar", "text": "And is it possible, that a young creature with such perfections should think of bestowing herself so unworthily?", "pos": 1536008}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "Alas! my lord, consider the country--the bane of all young women is the country. There they learn a set of romantic notions of love, and I know not what folly, which this town and good company can scarce eradicate in a whole winter.", "pos": 1536135}
{"speaker": "Lord Fellamar", "text": "Indeed, madam, your cousin is of too immense a value to be thrown away; such ruin as this must be prevented.", "pos": 1536386}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "Alas! my lord, how can it be prevented? The family have already done all in their power; but the girl is, I think, intoxicated, and nothing less than ruin will content her. And to deal more openly with you, I expect every day to hear she is run away with him.", "pos": 1536516}
{"speaker": "Lord Fellamar", "text": "What you tell me, Lady Bellaston, affects me most tenderly, and only raises my compassion, instead of lessening my adoration of your cousin. Some means must be found to preserve so inestimable a jewel. Hath your ladyship endeavoured to reason with her?", "pos": 1536791}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "My dear lord, sure you know us better than to talk of reasoning a young woman out of her inclinations? These inestimable jewels are as deaf as the jewels they wear: time, my lord, time is the only medicine to cure their folly; but this is a medicine which I am certain she will not take; nay, I live in hourly horrors on her account. In short, nothing but violent methods will do.", "pos": 1537114}
{"speaker": "Lord Fellamar", "text": "What is to be done? what methods are to be taken?--Is there any method upon earth?--Oh! Lady Bellaston! there is nothing which I would not undertake for such a reward.", "pos": 1537497}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "I really know not. Upon my soul, I am at my wit's end on this girl's account.--If she can be preserved, something must be done immediately; and, as I say, nothing but violent methods will do.----If your lordship hath really this attachment to my cousin (and to do her justice, except in this silly inclination, of which she will soon see her folly, she is every way deserving), I think there may be one way, indeed, it is a very disagreeable one, and what I am almost afraid to think of.--It requires a great spirit, I promise you.", "pos": 1537687}
{"speaker": "Lord Fellamar", "text": "I am not conscious, madam, of any defect there; nor am I, I hope, suspected of any such. It must be an egregious defect indeed, which could make me backward on this occasion.", "pos": 1538296}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "Nay, my lord. I am so far from doubting you, I am much more inclined to doubt my own courage; for I must run a monstrous risque. In short, I must place such a confidence in your honour as a wise woman will scarce ever place in a man on any consideration. Well, then, my lord,--I--I vow, I can't bear the apprehension of it.--No, it must not be.----At least every other method shall be tried. Can you get rid of your engagements, and dine here to-day? Your lordship will have an opportunity of seeing a little more of Miss Western.--I promise you we have no time to lose. Here will be nobody but Lady Betty, and Miss Eagle, and Colonel Hampsted, and Tom Edwards; they will all go soon--and I shall be at home to nobody. Then your lordship may be a little more explicit. Nay, I will contrive some method to convince you of her attachment to this fellow.", "pos": 1538484}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "I protest, Tom, you are grown intolerable lately; you used to tell us all the news of the town, and now you know no more of the world than if you lived out of it.", "pos": 1541708}
{"speaker": "Mr Edwards", "text": "The fault is not mine, madam: it lies in the dulness of the age, that doth nothing worth talking of.----O la! though now I think on't there hath a terrible accident befallen poor Colonel Wilcox.----Poor Ned.----You know him, my lord, everybody knows him; faith! I am very much concerned for him.", "pos": 1541907}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "What is it, pray?", "pos": 1542205}
{"speaker": "Edwards", "text": "Why, he hath killed a man this morning in a duel, that's all. A young fellow we none of us know; a Somersetshire lad just came to town, one Jones his name is; a near relation of one Mr Allworthy, of whom your lordship I believe hath heard. I saw the lad lie dead in a coffee-house.--Upon my soul, he is one of the finest corpses I ever saw in my life!", "pos": 1542246}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I see his design, for he made downright love to me yesterday morning; but as I am resolved never to admit it, I beg your ladyship not to leave us alone together any more, and to order the servants that, if he enquires for me, I may be always denied to him.", "pos": 1546754}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "La! child, you country girls have nothing but sweethearts in your head; you fancy every man who is civil to you is making love. He is one of the most gallant young fellows about town, and I am convinced means no more than a little gallantry. Make love to you indeed! I wish with all my heart he would, and you must be an arrant mad woman to refuse him.", "pos": 1547025}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "But as I shall certainly be that mad woman. I hope his visits shall not be intruded upon me.", "pos": 1547403}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "O child! you need not be so fearful; if you resolve to run away with that Jones, I know no person who can hinder you.", "pos": 1547514}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Upon my honour, madam, your ladyship injures me. I will never run away with any man; nor will I ever marry contrary to my father's inclinations.", "pos": 1547657}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "Well, Miss Western, if you are not in a humour to see company this morning, you may retire to your own apartment; for I am not frightened at his lordship, and must send for him up into my dressing-room. My dear lord, you certainly want a cordial. I must send to Lady Edgely for one of her best drams. Fie upon it! have more resolution. Are you frightened by the word rape? Or are you apprehensive----? Well! if the story of Helen was modern, I should think it unnatural. I mean the behaviour of Paris, not the fondness of the lady; for all women love a man of spirit. There is another story of the Sabine ladies--and that too, I thank heaven, is very antient. Your lordship, perhaps, will admire my reading; but I think Mr Hook tells us, they made tolerable good wives afterwards. I fancy few of my married acquaintance were ravished by their husbands.", "pos": 1547820}
{"speaker": "Lord Fellamar", "text": "Nay, dear Lady Bellaston, don't ridicule me in this manner.", "pos": 1549141}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "Why, my good lord, do you think any woman in England would not laugh at you in her heart, whatever prudery she might wear in her countenance?----You force me to use a strange kind of language, and to betray my sex most abominably; but I am contented with knowing my intentions are good, and that I am endeavouring to serve my cousin; for I think you will make her a husband notwithstanding this; or, upon my soul, I would not even persuade her to fling herself away upon an empty title. She should not upbraid me hereafter with having lost a man of spirit; for that his enemies allow this poor young fellow to be. My lord, you will be pleased to remember, you mentioned this matter to me first; for I would not appear to you in the light of one who is endeavouring to put off my cousin upon you. Fourscore thousand pounds do not stand in need of an advocate to recommend them.", "pos": 1549215}
{"speaker": "Lord Fellamar", "text": "Nor doth Miss Western, require any recommendation from her fortune; for, in my opinion, no woman ever had half her charms.", "pos": 1550584}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "Yes, yes, my lord, there have been women with more than half her charms, I assure you; not that I need lessen her on that account: she is a most delicious girl, that's certain; and within these few hours she will be in the arms of one, who surely doth not deserve her, though I will give him his due, I believe he is truly a man of spirit.", "pos": 1550720}
{"speaker": "Lord Fellamar", "text": "I hope so, madam, though I must own he doth not deserve her; for, unless heaven or your ladyship disappoint me, she shall within that time be in mine.", "pos": 1551104}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "Well spoken, my lord. I promise you no disappointment shall happen from my side; and within this week I am convinced I shall call your lordship my cousin in public.", "pos": 1551273}
{"speaker": "Lord Fellamar", "text": "I am afraid, Miss Western, I break in upon you abruptly.", "pos": 1552494}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Indeed, my lord. I must own myself a little surprized at this unexpected visit.", "pos": 1552553}
{"speaker": "Lord Fellamar", "text": "If this visit be unexpected, madam, my eyes must have been very faithless interpreters of my heart, when last I had the honour of seeing you; for surely you could not otherwise have hoped to detain my heart in your possession, without receiving a visit from its owner.", "pos": 1552647}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Am I really to conceive your lordship to be out of your senses? Sure, my lord, there is no other excuse for such behaviour.", "pos": 1553161}
{"speaker": "Lord Fellamar", "text": "I am, indeed, madam, in the situation you suppose, and sure you will pardon the effects of a frenzy which you yourself have occasioned; for love hath so totally deprived me of reason, that I am scarce accountable for any of my actions.", "pos": 1553287}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Upon my word, my lord. I neither understand your words nor your behaviour.", "pos": 1553547}
{"speaker": "Lord Fellamar", "text": "Suffer me then, madam, at your feet to explain both, by laying open my soul to you, and declaring that I doat on you to the highest degree of distraction. O most adorable, most divine creature! what language can express the sentiments of my heart?", "pos": 1553639}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I do assure you, my lord. I shall not stay to hear any more of this.", "pos": 1553901}
{"speaker": "Lord Fellamar", "text": "Do not, think of leaving me thus cruelly; could you know half the torments which I feel, that tender bosom must pity what those eyes have caused. That if he was master of the world, he would lay it at her feet.", "pos": 1553987}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I promise you, sir, your world and its master I should spurn from me with equal contempt.", "pos": 1554507}
{"speaker": "Lord Fellamar", "text": "Pardon me, my beloved angel, freedoms which nothing but despair could have tempted me to take.----Believe me, could I have had any hope that my title and fortune, neither of them inconsiderable, unless when compared with your worth, would have been accepted, I had, in the humblest manner, presented them to your acceptance.----But I cannot lose you.--By heaven, I will sooner part with my soul!--You are, you must, you shall be only mine.", "pos": 1554679}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "My lord. I intreat you to desist from a vain pursuit; for, upon my honour, I will never hear you on this subject. Let go my hand, my lord; for I am resolved to go from you this moment; nor will I ever see you more.", "pos": 1555121}
{"speaker": "Lord Fellamar", "text": "Then, madam. I must make the best use of this moment; for I cannot live, nor will I live without you.", "pos": 1555350}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "What do you mean, my lord? I will raise the family.", "pos": 1555479}
{"speaker": "Lord Fellamar", "text": "I have no fear, madam, but of losing you, and that I am resolved to prevent, the only way which despair points to me.", "pos": 1555548}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Where is she? D--n me, I'll unkennel her this instant. Show me her chamber, I say. Where is my daughter? I know she's in the house, and I'll see her if she's above-ground. Show me where she is.", "pos": 1556012}
{"speaker": "the parson", "text": "For heaven's sake, sir, animadvert that you are in the house of a great lady. Let me beg you to mitigate your wrath; it should minister a fulness of satisfaction that you have found your daughter; for as to revenge, it belongeth not unto us. I discern great contrition in the countenance of the young lady. I stand assured, if you will forgive her, she will repent her of all past offences, and return unto her duty.", "pos": 1558346}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "I'll forgee her if she wull ha un. If wot ha un, Sophy, I'll forgee thee all. Why dost unt speak? Shat ha un! d--n me, shat ha un! Why dost unt answer? Was ever such a stubborn tuoad?", "pos": 1558938}
{"speaker": "the parson", "text": "Let me intreat you, sir, to be a little more moderate, you frighten the young lady so, that you deprive her of all power of utterance.", "pos": 1559124}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Power of mine a--. You take her part then, you do? A pretty parson, truly, to side with an undutiful child! Yes, yes, I will gee you a living with a pox. I'll gee un to the devil sooner.", "pos": 1559280}
{"speaker": "Parson", "text": "I humbly crave your pardon. I assure your worship I meant no such matter.", "pos": 1559492}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "There, my lady cousin; there stands the most undutiful child in the world; she hankers after a beggarly rascal, and won't marry one of the greatest matches in all England, that we have provided for her.", "pos": 1559888}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "Indeed, cousin Western, I am persuaded you wrong my cousin. I am sure she hath a better understanding. I am convinced she will not refuse what she must be sensible is so much to her advantage.", "pos": 1560114}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Do you hear there, what her ladyship says? All your family are for the match. Come, Sophy, be a good girl, and be dutiful, and make your father happy.", "pos": 1560501}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "If my death will make you happy, sir, you will shortly be so.", "pos": 1560654}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "It's a lye, Sophy; it's a d--n'd lye, and you know it,", "pos": 1560737}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "Indeed, Miss Western, you injure your father; he hath nothing in view but your interest in this match; and I and all your friends must acknowledge the highest honour done to your family in the proposal.", "pos": 1560834}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Ay, all of us; nay, it was no proposal of mine. She knows it was her aunt proposed it to me first.--Come, Sophy, once more let me beg you to be a good girl, and gee me your consent before your cousin.", "pos": 1561059}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "Let me give him your hand, cousin. It is the fashion now-a-days to dispense with time and long courtships.", "pos": 1561262}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Pugh! what signifies time; won't they have time enough to court afterwards? People may court very well after they have been a-bed together.", "pos": 1561407}
{"speaker": "Lord Fellamar", "text": "Though I have not the honour, sir, of being personally known to you, yet, as I find I have the happiness to have my proposals accepted, let me intercede, sir, in behalf of the young lady, that she may not be more solicited at this time.", "pos": 1561777}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "You intercede, sir! why, who the devil are you?", "pos": 1562016}
{"speaker": "Lord Fellamar", "text": "Sir, I am Lord Fellamar, and am the happy man whom I hope you have done the honour of accepting for a son-in-law.", "pos": 1562085}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "You are a son of a b----, for all your laced coat. You my son-in-law, and be d--n'd to you!", "pos": 1562216}
{"speaker": "Lord Fellamar", "text": "I shall take more from you, sir, than from any man, but I must inform you that I am not used to hear such language without resentment.", "pos": 1562332}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Resent my a--. Don't think I am afraid of such a fellow as thee art! because hast got a spit there dangling at thy side. Lay by your spit, and I'll give thee enough of meddling with what doth not belong to thee. I'll teach you to father-in-law me. I'll lick thy jacket.", "pos": 1562490}
{"speaker": "Lord Fellamar", "text": "It's very well, sir. I shall make no disturbance before the ladies. I am very well satisfied. Your humble servant, sir; Lady Bellaston, your most obedient.", "pos": 1562782}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "Bless me, sir, what have you done? You know not whom you have affronted; he is a nobleman of the first rank and fortune, and yesterday made proposals to your daughter; and such as I am sure you must accept with the highest pleasure.", "pos": 1563041}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Answer for yourself, lady cousin. I will have nothing to do with any of your lords. My daughter shall have an honest country gentleman; I have pitched upon one for her--and she shall ha' un.--I am sorry for the trouble she hath given your ladyship with all my heart. Why, that's kind--and I would do as much for your ladyship. To be sure relations should do for one another. So I wish your ladyship a good night.--Come, madam, you must go along with me by fair means, or I'll have you carried down to the coach.", "pos": 1563276}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Prithee, wout unt persuade me canst not ride in a coach, wouldst? That's a pretty thing surely! No, no, I'll never let thee out of my sight any more till art married, that I promise thee. O break thy heart and be d--n'd, if a good husband will break it. I don't value a brass varden, not a halfpenny, of any undutiful b-- upon earth.", "pos": 1564035}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "At'nt in pulpit now? when art a got up there I never mind what dost say; but I won't be priest-ridden, nor taught how to behave myself by thee. I wish your ladyship a good-night. Come along, Sophy; be a good girl, and all shall be well. Shat ha' un, d--n me, shat ha' un! Hold, madam, hold, you come no more near my house.", "pos": 1564670}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "And will you take my maid away from me?", "pos": 1565132}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Yes, indeed, madam, will I, you need not fear being without a servant; I will get you another maid, and a better maid than this, who, I'd lay five pounds to a crown, is no more a maid than my grannum. No, no, Sophy, she shall contrive no more escapes, I promise you.", "pos": 1565187}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "There, sir, there is an account of your lost sheep. Fortune hath again restored her to you, and if you will be governed by my advice, it is possible you may yet preserve her.", "pos": 1569790}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Zounds! you don't seem pleased; one would imagine you was sorry I have found the girl.", "pos": 1570379}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Brother, the deepest politicians, who see to the bottom, discover often a very different aspect of affairs, from what swims on the surface. It is true, indeed, things do look rather less desperate than they did formerly in Holland, when Lewis the Fourteenth was at the gates of Amsterdam; but there is a delicacy required in this matter, which you will pardon me, brother, if I suspect you want. There is a decorum to be used with a woman of figure, such as Lady Bellaston, brother, which requires a knowledge of the world, superior, I am afraid, to yours.", "pos": 1570484}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Sister, I know you have no opinion of my parts; but I'll shew you on this occasion who is a fool. Knowledge, quotha! I have not been in the country so long without having some knowledge of warrants and the law of the land. I know I may take my own wherever I can find it. Shew me my own daughter, and if I don't know how to come at her, I'll suffer you to call me a fool as long as I live. There be justices of peace in London, as well as in other places.", "pos": 1571063}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "I protest, brother, you make me tremble for the event of this matter, which, if you will proceed by my advice, you may bring to so good an issue. Do you really imagine, brother, that the house of a woman of figure is to be attacked by warrants and brutal justices of the peace? I will inform you how to proceed. As soon as you arrive in town, and have got yourself into a decent dress (for indeed, brother, you have none at present fit to appear in), you must send your compliments to Lady Bellaston, and desire leave to wait on her. When you are admitted to her presence, as you certainly will be, and have told her your story, and have made proper use of my name (for I think you just know one another only by sight, though you are relations), I am confident she will withdraw her protection from my niece, who hath certainly imposed upon her. This is the only method.--Justices of peace, indeed! do you imagine any such event can arrive to a woman of figure in a civilised nation?", "pos": 1571525}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "D--n their figures, a pretty civilised nation, truly, where women are above the law. And what must I stand sending a parcel of compliments to a confounded whore, that keeps away a daughter from her own natural father? I tell you, sister, I am not so ignorant as you think me----I know you would have women above the law, but it is all a lye; I heard his lordship say at size, that no one is above the law. But this of yours is Hanover law, I suppose.", "pos": 1572531}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Mr Western, I think you daily improve in ignorance.----I protest you are grown an arrant bear.", "pos": 1572996}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "No more a bear than yourself, sister Western. Pox! you may talk of your civility an you will, I am sure you never shew any to me. I am no bear, no, nor no dog neither, though I know somebody, that is something that begins with a b; but pox! I will show you I have got more good manners than some folks.", "pos": 1573093}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Mr Western, je vous mesprise de tout mon coeur. I shall not therefore be angry.----Besides, as my cousin, with that odious Irish name, justly says, I have that regard for the honour and true interest of my family, and that concern for my niece, who is a part of it, that I have resolved to go to town myself upon this occasion; for indeed, indeed, brother, you are not a fit minister to be employed at a polite court.--Greenland--Greenland should always be the scene of the tramontane negociation.", "pos": 1573468}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "I thank Heaven, I don't understand you now. You are got to your Hanoverian linguo. However, I'll shew you I scorn to be behind-hand in civility with you; and as you are not angry for what I have said, so I am not angry for what you have said. Indeed I have always thought it a folly for relations to quarrel; and if they do now and then give a hasty word, why, people should give and take; for my part, I never bear malice; and I take it very kind of you to go up to London; for I never was there but twice in my life, and then I did not stay above a fortnight at a time, and to be sure I can't be expected to know much of the streets and the folks in that time. I never denied that you know'd all these matters better than I. For me to dispute that would be all as one as for you to dispute the management of a pack of dogs, or the finding a hare sitting, with me.", "pos": 1573988}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Which I promise you, I never will.", "pos": 1574857}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Well, and I promise you, that I never will dispute the t'other.", "pos": 1574907}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "O, my dear sir! how shall I get spirits to tell you; you are undone, sir, and my poor lady's undone, and I am undone.", "pos": 1575761}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Hath anything happened to Sophia?", "pos": 1575881}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "All that is bad. Oh, I shall never get such another lady! Oh that I should ever live to see this day! O! Mr Jones, I have lost my lady for ever.", "pos": 1575953}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "How? what! for Heaven's sake, tell me. O, my dear Sophia!", "pos": 1576206}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "You may well call her so, she was the dearest lady to me. I shall never have such another place.", "pos": 1576266}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "D--n your place! where is--what--what is become of my Sophia?", "pos": 1576383}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "Ay, to be sure, servants may be d--n'd. It signifies nothing what becomes of them, though they are turned away, and ruined ever so much. To be sure they are not flesh and blood like other people. No, to be sure, it signifies nothing what becomes of them.", "pos": 1576462}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "If you have any pity, any compassion. I beg you will instantly tell me what hath happened to Sophia?", "pos": 1576732}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "To be sure, I have more pity for you than you have for me. I don't d--n you because you have lost the sweetest lady in the world. To be sure you are worthy to be pitied, and I am worthy to be pitied too: for, to be sure, if ever there was a good mistress----", "pos": 1576850}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "What hath happened?", "pos": 1577130}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "What?--What? Why, the worst that could have happened both for you and for me.--Her father is come to town, and hath carried her away from us both. No worse! what could be worse for either of us? He carried her off, swearing she should marry Mr Blifil; that's for your comfort; and, for poor me, I am turned out of doors.", "pos": 1577189}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Indeed, Mrs Honour, you frightened me out of my wits. I imagined some most dreadful sudden accident had happened to Sophia; something, compared to which, even seeing her married to Blifil would be a trifle; but while there is life there are hopes, my dear Honour. Women in this land of liberty, cannot be married by actual brutal force.", "pos": 1577615}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "To be sure, sir, that's true. There may be some hopes for you; but alack-a-day! what hopes are there for poor me? And to be sure, sir, you must be sensible I suffer all this upon your account. All the quarrel the squire hath to me is for taking your part, as I have done, against Mr Blifil.", "pos": 1577972}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Indeed, Mrs Honour. I am sensible of my obligations to you, and will leave nothing in my power undone to make you amends.", "pos": 1578277}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "Alas! sir, what can make a servant amends for the loss of one place but the getting another altogether as good?", "pos": 1578416}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Do not despair, Mrs Honour. I hope to reinstate you again in the same.", "pos": 1578542}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "Alack-a-day, sir, how can I flatter myself with such hopes when I know it is a thing impossible? for the squire is so set against me: and yet, if you should ever have my lady, as to be sure I now hopes heartily you will; for you are a generous, good-natured gentleman; and I am sure you loves her, and to be sure she loves you as dearly as her own soul; it is a matter in vain to deny it; because as why, everybody, that is in the least acquainted with my lady, must see it; for, poor dear lady, she can't dissemble: and if two people who loves one another a'n't happy, why who should be so? Happiness don't always depend upon what people has; besides, my lady has enough for both. To be sure, therefore, as one may say, it would be all the pity in the world to keep two such loviers asunder; nay, I am convinced, for my part, you will meet together at last; for, if it is to be, there is no preventing it. If a marriage is made in heaven, all the justices of peace upon earth can't break it off. To be sure I wishes that parson Supple had but a little more spirit, to tell the squire of his wickedness in endeavouring to force his daughter contrary to her liking; but then his whole dependance is on the squire; and so the poor gentleman, though he is a very religious good sort of man, and talks of the badness of such doings behind the squire's back, yet he dares not say his soul is his own to his face. To be sure I never saw him make so bold as just now; I was afeard the squire would have struck him. I would not have your honour be melancholy, sir, nor despair; things may go better, as long as you are sure of my lady, and that I am certain you may be; for she never will be brought to consent to marry any other man. Indeed I am terribly afeared the squire will do her a mischief in his passion, for he is a prodigious passionate gentleman; and I am afeared too the poor lady will be brought to break her heart, for she is as tender-hearted as a chicken. It is pity, methinks, she had not a little of my courage. If I was in love with a young man, and my father offered to lock me up, I'd tear his eyes out but I'd come at him; but then there's a great fortune in the case, which it is in her father's power either to give her or not; that, to be sure, may make some difference.", "pos": 1578629}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "So, my dear Jones, you find nothing can detain me long from you. Perhaps I ought to be angry with you, that I have neither seen nor heard from you all day; for I perceive your distemper would have suffered you to come abroad: nay, I suppose you have not sat in your chamber all day drest up like a fine lady to see company after a lying-in; but, however, don't think I intend to scold you; for I never will give you an excuse for the cold behaviour of a husband, by putting on the ill-humour of a wife.", "pos": 1582567}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Nay, Lady Bellaston. I am sure your ladyship will not upbraid me with neglect of duty, when I only waited for orders. Who, my dear creature, hath reason to complain? Who missed an appointment last night, and left an unhappy man to expect, and wish, and sigh, and languish?", "pos": 1583084}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "Do not mention it, my dear Mr Jones. If you knew the occasion, you would pity me. In short, it is impossible to conceive what women of condition are obliged to suffer from the impertinence of fools, in order to keep up the farce of the world. I am glad, however, all your languishing and wishing have done you no harm; for you never looked better in your life. Upon my faith! Jones, you might at this instant sit for the picture of Adonis.", "pos": 1583373}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "Is this usage to be borne, Mr Jones? Basest of men?----What wretch is this to whom you have exposed me?", "pos": 1587039}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "Wretch! Marry come up!----Wretch forsooth?----as poor a wretch as I am, I am honest; this is more than some folks who are richer can say.", "pos": 1587164}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "Sir, you need make no apologies, I see now who the person is; I did not at first know Mrs Honour: but now I do, I can suspect nothing wrong between her and you; and I am sure she is a woman of too good sense to put any wrong constructions upon my visit to you; I have been always her friend, and it may be in my power to be much more hereafter.", "pos": 1587883}
{"speaker": "Mrs Honour", "text": "I'm sure, madam. I have been always ready to acknowledge your ladyship's friendships to me; sure I never had so good a friend as your ladyship----and to be sure, now I see it is your ladyship that I spoke to, I could almost bite my tongue off for very mad.--I constructions upon your ladyship--to be sure it doth not become a servant as I am to think about such a great lady--I mean I was a servant: for indeed I am nobody's servant now, the more miserable wretch is me.--I have lost the best mistress----", "pos": 1588379}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "Don't cry, child, ways perhaps may be found to make you amends. Come to me to-morrow morning.", "pos": 1588954}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "Surely I am under some strange infatuation; I cannot keep my resolutions a moment, however strongly made or justly founded. Last night I resolved never to see you more; this morning I am willing to hear if you can, as you say, clear up this affair. And yet I know that to be impossible. I have said everything to myself which you can invent.----Perhaps not. Perhaps your invention is stronger. Come to me, therefore, the moment you receive this. If you can forge an excuse I almost promise you to believe it. Betrayed too----I will think no more.----Come to me directly.----This is the third letter I have writ, the two former are burnt----I am almost inclined to burn this too----I wish I may preserve my senses.----Come to me presently. If you ever expect to be forgiven, or even suffered within my doors, come to me this instant. I now find you was not at home when my notes came to your lodgings. The moment you receive this let me see you;--I shall not stir out; nor shall anybody be let in but yourself. Sure nothing can detain you long.", "pos": 1595873}
{"speaker": "Mr Nightingale", "text": "Well, Tom, any news from Lady Bellaston, after last night's adventure?", "pos": 1597031}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "The Lady Bellaston?", "pos": 1597185}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "Nay, dear Tom, don't be so reserved to your friends. Though I was too drunk to see her last night, I saw her at the masquerade. Do you think I am ignorant who the queen of the fairies is?", "pos": 1597239}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "And did you really then know the lady at the masquerade?", "pos": 1597450}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "Yes, upon my soul, did I, and have given you twenty hints of it since, though you seemed always so tender on that point, that I would not speak plainly. I fancy, my friend, by your extreme nicety in this matter, you are not so well acquainted with the character of the lady as with her person. Don't be angry, Tom, but upon my honour, you are not the first young fellow she hath debauched. Her reputation is in no danger, believe me.", "pos": 1597521}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "Heyday! why, thou art not in love, I hope! Had I imagined my stories would have affected you, I promise you should never have heard them.", "pos": 1599607}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "O my dear friend! I am so entangled with this woman, that I know not how to extricate myself. In love, indeed! no, my friend, but I am under obligations to her, and very great ones. Since you know so much, I will be very explicit with you. It is owing, perhaps, solely to her, that I have not, before this, wanted a bit of bread. How can I possibly desert such a woman? and yet I must desert her, or be guilty of the blackest treachery to one who deserves infinitely better of me than she can; a woman, my Nightingale, for whom I have a passion which few can have an idea of. I am half distracted with doubts how to act.", "pos": 1599747}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "And is this other, pray, an honourable mistress?", "pos": 1600385}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Honourable! no breath ever yet durst sully her reputation. The sweetest air is not purer, the limpid stream not clearer, than her honour. She is all over, both in mind and body, consummate perfection. She is the most beautiful creature in the universe: and yet she is mistress of such noble elevated qualities, that, though she is never from my thoughts, I scarce ever think of her beauty but when I see it.", "pos": 1600455}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "And can you, my good friend, with such an engagement as this upon your hands, hesitate a moment about quitting such a--", "pos": 1600884}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Hold, no more abuse of her: I detest the thought of ingratitude.", "pos": 1601027}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "Pooh! you are not the first upon whom she hath conferred obligations of this kind. She is remarkably liberal where she likes; though, let me tell you, her favours are so prudently bestowed, that they should rather raise a man's vanity than his gratitude.", "pos": 1601108}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "I have it, my boy! I have found out a sure method; propose marriage to her, and I would venture hanging upon the success.", "pos": 1602397}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Marriage?", "pos": 1602521}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "Ay, propose marriage, and she will declare off in a moment. I knew a young fellow whom she kept formerly, who made the offer to her in earnest, and was presently turned off for his pains.", "pos": 1602546}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Perhaps, she may be less shocked at this proposal from one man than from another. And if she should take me at my word, where am I then? caught, in my own trap, and undone for ever.", "pos": 1602812}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "No; not if I can give you an expedient by which you may at any time get out of the trap.", "pos": 1603007}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "What expedient can that be?", "pos": 1603125}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "This. The young fellow I mentioned, who is one of the most intimate acquaintances I have in the world, is so angry with her for some ill offices she hath since done him, that I am sure he would, without any difficulty, give you a sight of her letters; upon which you may decently break with her; and declare off before the knot is tyed, if she should really be willing to tie it, which I am convinced she will not.", "pos": 1603170}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "MADAM,", "pos": 1603827}
{"speaker": "Thomas Jones", "text": "I am extremely concerned, that, by an unfortunate engagement abroad, I should have missed receiving the honour of your ladyship's commands the moment they came; and the delay which I must now suffer of vindicating myself to your ladyship greatly adds to this misfortune. O, Lady Bellaston! what a terror have I been in for fear your reputation should be exposed by these perverse accidents! There is one only way to secure it. I need not name what that is. Only permit me to say, that as your honour is as dear to me as my own, so my sole ambition is to have the glory of laying my liberty at your feet; and believe me when I assure you, I can never be made completely happy without you generously bestow on me a legal right of calling you mine for ever.--I am, madam, with most profound respect, your ladyship's most obliged, obedient, humble servant, THOMAS JONES.", "pos": 1603835}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "SIR. When I read over your serious epistle, I could, from its coldness and formality, have sworn that you already had the legal right you mention; nay, that we had for many years composed that monstrous animal a husband and wife. Do you really then imagine me a fool? or do you fancy yourself capable of so entirely persuading me out of my senses, that I should deliver my whole fortune into your power, in order to enable you to support your pleasures at my expense? Are these the proofs of love which I expected? Is this the return for--? but I scorn to upbraid you, and am in great admiration of your profound respect. P.S. I am prevented from revising:----Perhaps I have said more than I meant.----Come to me at eight this evening.", "pos": 1604757}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "MADAM,", "pos": 1605549}
{"speaker": "Thomas Jones", "text": "It is impossible to express how much I am shocked at the suspicion you entertain of me. Can Lady Bellaston have conferred favours on a man whom she could believe capable of so base a design? or can she treat the most solemn tie of love with contempt? Can you imagine, madam, that if the violence of my passion, in an unguarded moment, overcame the tenderness which I have for your honour, I would think of indulging myself in the continuance of an intercourse which could not possibly escape long the notice of the world; and which, when discovered, must prove so fatal to your reputation? If such be your opinion of me, I must pray for a sudden opportunity of returning those pecuniary obligations, which I have been so unfortunate to receive at your hands; and for those of a more tender kind, I shall ever remain, &c.", "pos": 1605557}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "I see you are a villain! and I despise you from my soul. If you come here I shall not be at home.", "pos": 1606492}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "Dear Tom, we have conferred very different obligations on each other. To me you owe the regaining your liberty; to you I owe the loss of mine. But if you are as happy in the one instance as I am in the other, I promise you we are the two happiest fellows in England.", "pos": 1607388}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "it was in consideration of always having her first-floor when he was in town (which he scarce ever intended to be), but that she might let it at any other time, for that he would always send her a month's warning.", "pos": 1609786}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "As for myself, madam, my lodging is at your service at a moment's warning; and Mr Nightingale, I am sure, as he cannot yet prepare a house fit to receive his lady, will consent to return to his new lodging, whither Mrs Nightingale will certainly consent to go.", "pos": 1611258}
{"speaker": "Addison", "text": "The Alps, and Pyrenaeans, sink before him!", "pos": 1613699}
{"speaker": "Honour Blackmore", "text": "SIR. I shud sartenly haf kaled on you a cordin too mi prommiss haddunt itt bin that hur lashipp prevent mee; for to bee sur, Sir, you nose very well that evere persun must luk furst at ome, and sartenly such anuther offar mite not have ever hapned, so as I shud ave bin justly to blam, had I not excepted of it when her lashipp was so veri kind as to offar to mak mee hur one uman without mi ever askin any such thing, to be sur shee is won of thee best ladis in thee wurld, and pepil who sase to the kontrari must bee veri wiket pepil in thare harts. To bee sur if ever I ave sad any thing of that kine it as bin thru ignorens, and I am hartili sorri for it. I nose your onur to be a genteelman of more onur and onesty, if I ever said ani such thing, to repete it to hurt a pore servant that as alwais add thee gratest respect in thee wurld for ure onur. To be sur won shud kepe wons tung within wons teeth, for no boddi nose what may hapen; and to bee sur if ani boddi ad tolde mee yesterday, that I shud haf bin in so gud a plase to day, I shud not haf beleeved it; for to be sur I never was a dremd of any such thing, nor shud I ever have soft after ani other bodi's plase; but as her lashipp wass so kine of her one a cord too give it mee without askin, to be sur Mrs Etoff herself, nor no other boddi can blam mee for exceptin such a thing when it fals in mi waye. I beg ure Onur not to menshion ani thing of what I haf sad, for I wish ure Onur all thee gud luk in the wurld; and I don't cuestion butt thatt u will haf Madam Sofia in the end; butt ass to miself ure onur nose I kant bee of ani farder sarvis to u in that matar, nou bein under thee cumand off anuther parson, and nott mi one mistress, I begg ure Onur to say nothing of what past, and belive me to be, sir, ure Onur's umble servant to cumand till deth. HONOUR BLACKMORE.", "pos": 1614347}
{"speaker": "Arabella Hunt", "text": "SIR. From the first day I saw you, I doubt my eyes have told you too plainly that you were not indifferent to me; but neither my tongue nor my hand should have ever avowed it, had not the ladies of the family where you are lodged given me such a character of you, and told me such proofs of your virtue and goodness, as convince me you are not only the most agreeable, but the most worthy of men. I have also the satisfaction to hear from them, that neither my person, understanding, or character, are disagreeable to you. I have a fortune sufficient to make us both happy, but which cannot make me so without you. In thus disposing of myself, I know I shall incur the censure of the world; but if I did not love you more than I fear the world, I should not be worthy of you. One only difficulty stops me: I am informed you are engaged in a commerce of gallantry with a woman of fashion. If you think it worth while to sacrifice that to the possession of me, I am yours; if not, forget my weakness, and let this remain an eternal secret between you and", "pos": 1618514}
{"speaker": "T. Jones", "text": "MADAM. It would be but a poor return to the favour you have done me to sacrifice any gallantry to the possession of you, and I would certainly do it, though I were not disengaged, as at present I am, from any affair of that kind. But I should not be the honest man you think me, if I did not tell you that my affections are engaged to another, who is a woman of virtue, and one that I never can leave, though it is probable I shall never possess her. God forbid that, in return of your kindness to me, I should do you such an injury as to give you my hand when I cannot give my heart. No; I had much rather starve than be guilty of that. Even though my mistress were married to another, I would not marry you unless my heart had entirely effaced all impressions of her. Be assured that your secret was not more safe in your own breast, than in that of your most obliged, and grateful humble servant,", "pos": 1621023}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "I have seen, sir. Black George, the gamekeeper, who is one of the servants whom the squire hath brought with him to town. I knew him presently, though I have not seen him these several years; but you know, sir, he is a very remarkable man, or, to use a purer phrase, he hath a most remarkable beard, the largest and blackest I ever saw. It was some time, however, before Black George could recollect me.", "pos": 1622726}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Well, but what is your good news? what do you know of my Sophia?", "pos": 1623143}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "You shall know presently, sir. I am coming to it as fast as I can. You are so impatient, sir, you would come at the infinitive mood before you can get to the imperative. As I was saying, sir, it was some time before he recollected my face.", "pos": 1623225}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Confound your face! what of my Sophia?", "pos": 1623490}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Nay, sir. I know nothing more of Madam Sophia than what I am going to tell you; and I should have told you all before this if you had not interrupted me; but if you look so angry at me you will frighten all of it out of my head, or, to use a purer phrase, out of my memory. I never saw you look so angry since the day we left Upton, which I shall remember if I was to live a thousand years.", "pos": 1623546}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Well, pray go on your own way, you are resolved to make me mad I find.", "pos": 1623962}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Not for the world. I have suffered enough for that already; which, as I said, I shall bear in my remembrance the longest day I have to live.", "pos": 1624049}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Well, but Black George?", "pos": 1624214}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Well, sir, as I was saying, it was a long time before he could recollect me; for, indeed, I am very much altered since I saw him. Non sum qualis eram. I have had troubles in the world, and nothing alters a man so much as grief. I have heard it will change the colour of a man's hair in a night. However, at last, know me he did, that's sure enough; for we are both of an age, and were at the same charity school. George was a great dunce, but no matter for that; all men do not thrive in the world according to their learning. I am sure I have reason to say so; but it will be all one a thousand years hence. Well, sir, where was I?--O--well, we no sooner knew each other, than, after many hearty shakes by the hand, we agreed to go to an alehouse and take a pot, and by good luck the beer was some of the best I have met with since I have been in town. Now, sir, I am coming to the point; for no sooner did I name you, and told him that you and I came to town together, and had lived together ever since, than he called for another pot, and swore he would drink to your health; and indeed he drank your health so heartily that I was overjoyed to see there was so much gratitude left in the world; and after we had emptied that pot I said I would buy my pot too, and so we drank another to your health; and then I made haste home to tell you the news.", "pos": 1624253}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "What news? you have not mentioned a word of my Sophia!", "pos": 1625607}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Bless me! I had like to have forgot that. Indeed, we mentioned a great deal about young Madam Western, and George told me all; that Mr Blifil is coming to town in order to be married to her. He had best make haste then, says I, or somebody will have her before he comes; and, indeed, says I, Mr Seagrim, it is a thousand pities somebody should not have her; for he certainly loves her above all the women in the world. I would have both you and she know, that it is not for her fortune he follows her; for I can assure you, as to matter of that, there is another lady, one of much greater quality and fortune than she can pretend to, who is so fond of somebody that she comes after him day and night. Besides, sir. I can assure you George is sincerely your friend, and wished Mr Blifil at the devil more than once; nay, he said he would do anything in his power upon earth to serve you; and so I am convinced he will. Betray you, indeed! why, I question whether you have a better friend than George upon earth, except myself, or one that would go farther to serve you.", "pos": 1625679}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Well, you say this fellow, who, I believe, indeed, is enough inclined to be my friend, lives in the same house with Sophia?", "pos": 1626904}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "In the same house! why, sir, he is one of the servants of the family, and very well drest I promise you he is; if it was not for his black beard you would hardly know him.", "pos": 1627063}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "One service then at least he may do me, sure he can certainly convey a letter to my Sophia.", "pos": 1627259}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "You have hit the nail ad unguem how came I not to think of it? I will engage he shall do it upon the very first mentioning.", "pos": 1627366}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Well, then, do you leave me at present, and I will write a letter, which you shall deliver to him to-morrow morning; for I suppose you know where to find him.", "pos": 1627511}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "O yes, sir. I shall certainly find him again; there is no fear of that. The liquor is too good for him to stay away long. I make no doubt but he will be there every day he stays in town.", "pos": 1627686}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "So you don't know the street then where my Sophia is lodged?", "pos": 1627897}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Indeed, sir, I do,", "pos": 1627973}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "What is the name of the street?", "pos": 1628010}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "The name, sir? why, here, sir, just by, not above a street or two off. I don't, indeed, know the very name; for, as he never told me, if I had asked, you know, it might have put some suspicion into his head. No, no, sir, let me alone for that. I am too cunning for that, I promise you.", "pos": 1628057}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Thou art most wonderfully cunning, indeed, however, I will write to my charmer, since I believe you will be cunning enough to find him to-morrow at the alehouse.", "pos": 1628367}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "A gentleman! who the devil can he be? Do, doctor, go down and see who 'tis. Mr Blifil can hardly be come to town yet.--Go down, do, and know what his business is. An officer! what can any such fellow have to do with me? If he wants an order for baggage-waggons, I am no justice of peace here, nor can I grant a warrant.--Let un come up then, if he must speak to me.", "pos": 1634709}
{"speaker": "the gentleman", "text": "Sir, I come to wait upon you by the command of my Lord Fellamar; but with a very different message from what I suppose you expect, after what past the other night.", "pos": 1635529}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "My lord who? I never heard the name o'un.", "pos": 1635695}
{"speaker": "the gentleman", "text": "His lordship, is willing to impute everything to the effect of liquor, and the most trifling acknowledgment of that kind will set everything right; for as he hath the most violent attachment to your daughter, you, sir, are the last person upon earth from whom he would resent an affront; and happy is it for you both that he hath given such public demonstrations of his courage as to be able to put up an affair of this kind without danger of any imputation on his honour. All he desires, therefore, is, that you will before me make some acknowledgment; the slightest in the world will be sufficient; and he intends this afternoon to pay his respects to you, in order to obtain your leave of visiting the young lady on the footing of a lover.", "pos": 1635759}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "I don't understand much of what you say, sir, but I suppose, by what you talk about my daughter, that this is the lord which my cousin, Lady Bellaston, mentioned to me, and said something about his courting my daughter. If so be that how that be the case--you may give my service to his lordship, and tell un the girl is disposed of already.", "pos": 1636526}
{"speaker": "the gentleman", "text": "Perhaps, sir, you are not sufficiently apprized of the greatness of this offer. I believe such a person, title, and fortune would be nowhere refused.", "pos": 1636889}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Lookee, sir, to be very plain, my daughter is bespoke already; but if she was not, I would not marry her to a lord upon any account; I hate all lords; they are a parcel of courtiers and Hanoverians, and I will have nothing to do with them.", "pos": 1637063}
{"speaker": "the gentleman", "text": "Well, sir, if that is your resolution, the message I am to deliver to you is that my lord desires the favour of your company this morning in Hyde Park.", "pos": 1637328}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "You may tell my lord, that I am busy and cannot come. I have enough to look after at home, and can't stir abroad on any account.", "pos": 1637504}
{"speaker": "the gentleman", "text": "I am sure, sir, you are too much a gentleman to send such a message; you will not, I am convinced, have it said of you, that, after having affronted a noble peer, you refuse him satisfaction. His lordship would have been willing, from his great regard to the young lady, to have made up matters in another way; but unless he is to look on you as a father, his honour will not suffer his putting up such an indignity as you must be sensible you offered him.", "pos": 1637658}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "I offered him! it is a d--n'd lie! I never offered him anything.", "pos": 1638136}
{"speaker": "the parson", "text": "Bless me! sir, what's the matter?", "pos": 1638762}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Matter! here's a highwayman, I believe, who wants to rob and murder me--for he hath fallen upon me with that stick there in his hand, when I wish I may be d--n'd if I gid un the least provocation.", "pos": 1638799}
{"speaker": "the captain", "text": "How, sir, did you not tell me I lyed?", "pos": 1639018}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "No, as I hope to be saved, --I believe I might say, 'Twas a lie that I had offered any affront to my lord--but I never said the word, `you lie.'--I understand myself better, and you might have understood yourself better than to fall upon a naked man. If I had a stick in my hand, you would not have dared strike me. I'd have knocked thy lantern jaws about thy ears. Come down into yard this minute, and I'll take a bout with thee at single stick for a broken head, that I will; or I will go into naked room and box thee for a belly-full. At unt half a man, at unt, I'm sure.", "pos": 1639078}
{"speaker": "the captain", "text": "I see, sir, you are below my notice, and I shall inform his lordship you are below his. I am sorry I have dirtied my fingers with you.", "pos": 1639723}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "O my dear sir, I am almost frightened to death! I hope to heaven no harm hath happened to you.", "pos": 1641369}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "No, no, no great harm. The rascal hath not hurt me much, but rat me if I don't ha the la o' un.", "pos": 1641466}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Pray, dear sir, tell me what's the matter; who is it that hath insulted you?", "pos": 1641584}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "I don't know the name o' un, some officer fellow, I suppose, that we are to pay for beating us; but I'll make him pay this bout, if the rascal hath got anything, which I suppose he hath not. For thof he was drest out so vine, I question whether he had got a voot of land in the world.", "pos": 1641675}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "But, dear sir, what was the occasion of your quarrel?", "pos": 1641982}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "What should it be, Sophy, but about you, Sophy? All my misfortunes are about you; you will be the death of your poor father at last. Here's a varlet of a lord, the Lord knows who, forsooth! who hath a taan a liking to you, and because I would not gi un my consent, he sent me a kallenge. Come, do be a good girl, Sophy, and put an end to all your father's troubles; come, do consent to ha un; he will be in town within this day or two; do but promise me to marry un as soon as he comes, and you will make me the happiest man in the world, and I will make you the happiest woman; you shall have the finest cloaths in London, and the finest jewels, and a coach and six at your command. I promised Allworthy already to give up half my estate--od rabbet it! I should hardly stick at giving up the whole.", "pos": 1642051}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Will my papa be so kind, as to hear me speak?", "pos": 1642876}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Why wout ask, Sophy? when dost know I had rather hear thy voice than the musick of the best pack of dogs in England.--Hear thee, my dear little girl! I hope I shall hear thee as long as I live; for if I was ever to lose that pleasure, I would not gee a brass varden to live a moment longer. Indeed, Sophy, you do not know how I love you, indeed you don't, or you never could have run away and left your poor father, who hath no other joy, no other comfort upon earth, but his little Sophy.", "pos": 1642937}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Indeed, my dear papa, I know you have loved me tenderly, and heaven is my witness how sincerely I have returned your affection; nor could anything but an apprehension of being forced into the arms of this man have driven me to run from a father whom I love so passionately, that I would, with pleasure, sacrifice my life to his happiness; nay, I have endeavoured to reason myself into doing more, and had almost worked up a resolution to endure the most miserable of all lives, to comply with your inclination. It was that resolution alone to which I could not force my mind; nor can I ever. If my father's life, his health, or any real happiness of his was at stake, here stands your resolved daughter; may heaven blast me if there is a misery I would not suffer to preserve you!--No, that most detested, most loathsome of all lots would I embrace. I would give my hand to Blifil for your sake.", "pos": 1643543}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "I tell thee, it will preserve me, it will give me health, happiness, life, everything.--Upon my soul I shall die if dost refuse me; I shall break my heart, I shall, upon my soul.", "pos": 1644584}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Is it possible, you can have such a desire to make me miserable?", "pos": 1644788}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "I tell thee noa, d--n me if there is a thing upon earth I would not do to see thee happy.", "pos": 1644868}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "And will not my dear papa allow me to have the least knowledge of what will make me so? If it be true that happiness consists in opinion, what must be my condition, when I shall think myself the most miserable of all the wretches upon earth?", "pos": 1644983}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Better think yourself so, than know it by being married to a poor bastardly vagabond.", "pos": 1645227}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "If it will content you, sir. I will give you the most solemn promise never to marry him, nor any other, while my papa lives, without his consent. Let me dedicate my whole life to your service; let me be again your poor Sophy, and my whole business and pleasure be, as it hath been, to please and divert you.", "pos": 1645326}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Lookee, Sophy. I am not to be choused in this manner. Your aunt Western would then have reason to think me the fool she doth. No, no, Sophy, I'd have you to know I have a got more wisdom, and know more of the world, than to take the word of a woman in a matter where a man is concerned.", "pos": 1645651}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "How, sir, have I deserved this want of confidence? have I ever broke a single promise to you? or have I ever been found guilty of a falsehood from my cradle?", "pos": 1645963}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Lookee, Sophy, that's neither here nor there. I am determined upon this match, and have him you shall, d--n me if shat unt. D--n me if shat unt, though dost hang thyself the next morning.", "pos": 1646135}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Well, surely, no one ever had such an intolerable journey. I think the roads, since so many turnpike acts, are grown worse than ever. La, brother, how could you get into this odious place? no person of condition, I dare swear, ever set foot here before.", "pos": 1656293}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "I don't know. I think they do well enough; it was landlord recommended them. I thought, as he knew most of the quality, he could best shew me where to get among um.", "pos": 1656549}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Well, and where's my niece? have you been to wait upon Lady Bellaston yet?", "pos": 1656736}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Ay, ay, your niece is safe enough; she is upstairs in chamber.", "pos": 1656830}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "How! is my niece in this house, and does she not know of my being here?", "pos": 1656915}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "No, nobody can well get to her, for she is under lock and key. I have her safe; I vetched her from my lady cousin the first night I came to town, and I have taken care o' her ever since; she is as secure as a fox in a bag, I promise you.", "pos": 1657010}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Good heaven! what do I hear? I thought what a fine piece of work would be the consequence of my consent to your coming to town yourself; nay, it was indeed your own headstrong will, nor can I charge myself with having ever consented to it. Did not you promise me, brother, that you would take none of these headstrong measures? Was it not by these headstrong measures that you forced my niece to run away from you in the country? Have you a mind to oblige her to take such another step?", "pos": 1657269}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Z--ds and the devil! did ever mortal hear the like? when I expected you would have commended me for all I have done, to be fallen upon in this manner!", "pos": 1657782}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "How, brother! have I ever given you the least reason to imagine I should commend you for locking up your daughter? Have I not often told you that women in a free country are not to be treated with such arbitrary power? We are as free as the men, and I heartily wish I could not say we deserve that freedom better. If you expect I should stay a moment longer in this wretched house, or that I should ever own you again as my relation, or that I should ever trouble myself again with the affairs of your family, I insist upon it that my niece be set at liberty this instant.", "pos": 1657987}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "There, he cried, throwing down the key, there it is, do whatever you please. I intended only to have kept her up till Blifil came to town, which can't be long; and now if any harm happens in the mean time, remember who is to be blamed for it.", "pos": 1658917}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "I will answer it with my life, but I shall not intermeddle at all, unless upon one condition, and that is, that you will commit the whole entirely to my care, without taking any one measure yourself, unless I shall eventually appoint you to act. If you ratify these preliminaries, brother, I yet will endeavour to preserve the honour of your family; if not, I shall continue in a neutral state.", "pos": 1659163}
{"speaker": "the parson", "text": "I pray you, good sir, permit yourself this once to be admonished by her ladyship: peradventure, by communing with young Madam Sophia, she will effect more than you have been able to perpetrate by more rigorous measures.", "pos": 1659581}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "What, dost thee open upon me? if thee dost begin to babble, I shall whip thee in presently.", "pos": 1659822}
{"speaker": "the lady", "text": "Fie, brother, is this language to a clergyman? Mr Supple is a man of sense, and gives you the best advice; and the whole world, I believe, will concur in his opinion; but I must tell you I expect an immediate answer to my categorical proposals. Either cede your daughter to my disposal, or take her wholly to your own surprizing discretion, and then I here, before Mr Supple, evacuate the garrison, and renounce you and your family for ever.", "pos": 1659936}
{"speaker": "the parson", "text": "I pray you let me be a mediator, let me supplicate you.", "pos": 1660401}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Why, there lies the key on the table. She may take un up, if she pleases: who hinders her?", "pos": 1660479}
{"speaker": "the lady", "text": "No, brother. I insist on the formality of its being delivered me, with a full ratification of all the concessions stipulated.", "pos": 1660592}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Why then I will deliver it to you.--There 'tis. I am sure, sister, you can't accuse me of ever denying to trust my daughter to you. She hath a-lived wi' you a whole year and muore to a time, without my ever zeeing her.", "pos": 1660741}
{"speaker": "the lady", "text": "And it would have been happy for her, if she had always lived with me. Nothing of this kind would have happened under my eye.", "pos": 1660982}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Ay, certainly. I only am to blame.", "pos": 1661131}
{"speaker": "the lady", "text": "Why, you are to blame, brother. I have been often obliged to tell you so, and shall always be obliged to tell you so. However, I hope you will now amend, and gather so much experience from past errors, as not to defeat my wisest machinations by your blunders. Indeed, brother, you are not qualified for these negociations. All your whole scheme of politics is wrong. I once more, therefore, insist, that you do not intermeddle. Remember only what is past.", "pos": 1661180}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Z--ds and bl--d, sister, what would you have me say? You are enough to provoke the devil.", "pos": 1661658}
{"speaker": "she", "text": "There, now, just according to the old custom. I see, brother, there is no talking to you. I will appeal to Mr Supple, who is a man of sense, if I said anything which could put any human creature into a passion; but you are so wrongheaded every way.", "pos": 1661770}
{"speaker": "the parson", "text": "Let me beg you, madam, not to irritate his worship.", "pos": 1662033}
{"speaker": "the lady", "text": "Irritate him? sure, you are as great a fool as himself. Well, brother, since you have promised not to interfere, I will once more undertake the management of my niece. Lord have mercy upon all affairs which are under the directions of men! The head of one woman is worth a thousand of yours.", "pos": 1662106}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Now one hath been a slave so long, it would be pity to lose it at last, for want of holding out a little longer. The bitch can't live for ever, and I know I am down for it upon the will.", "pos": 1662719}
{"speaker": "the aunt", "text": "that she intended to take her niece with her to her own lodgings; for, indeed, brother, these rooms are not fit to receive a Christian soul in.", "pos": 1663353}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Very well, madam, whatever you please. The girl can never be in better hands than yours; and the parson here can do me the justice to say, that I have said fifty times behind your back, that you was one of the most sensible women in the world.", "pos": 1663511}
{"speaker": "the parson", "text": "I am ready to bear testimony.", "pos": 1663803}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "I have always, I'm sure, given you as favourable a character. You must own you have a little too much hastiness in your temper; but when you will allow yourself time to reflect I never knew a man more reasonable.", "pos": 1663869}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Why then, sister, if you think so, here's your good health with all my heart. I am a little passionate sometimes, but I scorn to bear any malice. Sophy, do you be a good girl, and do everything your aunt orders you.", "pos": 1664084}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "She hath had already an example before her eyes in the behaviour of that wretch her cousin Harriet, who ruined herself by neglecting my advice. O brother, what think you? You was hardly gone out of hearing, when you set out for London, when who should arrive but that impudent fellow with the odious Irish name--that Fitzpatrick. He broke in abruptly upon me without notice, or I would not have seen him. He ran on a long, unintelligible story about his wife, to which he forced me to give him a hearing; but I made him very little answer, and delivered him the letter from his wife, which I bid him answer himself. I suppose the wretch will endeavour to find us out, but I beg you will not see her, for I am determined I will not.", "pos": 1664380}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "I zee her! you need not fear me. I'll ge no encouragement to such undutiful wenches. It is well for the fellow, her husband, I was not at huome. Od rabbit it, he should have taken a dance thru the horse-pond, I promise un. You zee, Sophy, what undutifulness brings volks to. You have an example in your own family.", "pos": 1665114}
{"speaker": "the aunt", "text": "Brother, you need not shock my niece by such odious repetitions. Why will you not leave everything entirely to me?", "pos": 1665454}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Well, well, I wull, I wull,", "pos": 1665589}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Sir. As I do not doubt your sincerity in what you write, you will be pleased to hear that some of my afflictions are at an end, by the arrival of my aunt Western, with whom I am at present, and with whom I enjoy all the liberty I can desire. One promise my aunt hath insisted on my making, which is, that I will not see or converse with any person without her knowledge and consent. This promise I have most solemnly given, and shall most inviolably keep: and though she hath not expressly forbidden me writing, yet that must be an omission from forgetfulness; or this, perhaps, is included in the word conversing. However, as I cannot but consider this as a breach of her generous confidence in my honour, you cannot expect that I shall, after this, continue to write myself or to receive letters, without her knowledge. A promise is with me a very sacred thing, and to be extended to everything understood from it, as well as to what is expressed by it; and this consideration may, perhaps, on reflection, afford you some comfort. But why should I mention a comfort to you of this kind; for though there is one thing in which I can never comply with the best of fathers, yet am I firmly resolved never to act in defiance of him, or to take any step of consequence without his consent. A firm persuasion of this must teach you to divert your thoughts from what fortune hath (perhaps) made impossible. This your own interest persuades you. This may reconcile, I hope, Mr Allworthy to you; and if it will, you have my injunctions to pursue it. Accidents have laid some obligations on me, and your good intentions probably more. Fortune may, perhaps, be some time kinder to us both than at present. Believe this, that I shall always think of you as I think you deserve, and am,", "pos": 1666674}
{"speaker": "Sophia Western", "text": "your obliged humble servant. I charge you write to me no more--at present at least; and accept this, which is now of no service to me, which I know you must want, and think you owe the trifle only to that fortune by which you found it.", "pos": 1668456}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "It was a wonder how so many fiddlers could play at one time, without putting one another out. Look, look, madam, the very picture of the man in the end of the common-prayer book before the gunpowder-treason service. That here were candles enough burnt in one night, to keep an honest poor family for a whole twelvemonth. What man that was in the strange dress; something, like what I have seen in a picture. Sure it is not armour, is it?", "pos": 1671659}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "That is the ghost.", "pos": 1672464}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Persuade me to that, sir, if you can. Though I can't say I ever actually saw a ghost in my life, yet I am certain I should know one, if I saw him, better than that comes to. No, no, sir, ghosts don't appear in such dresses as that, neither. O la! sir. I perceive now it is what you told me. I am not afraid of anything; for I know it is but a play. And if it was really a ghost, it could do one no harm at such a distance, and in so much company; and yet if I was frightened, I am not the only person.", "pos": 1672526}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Why, who, dost thou take to be such a coward here besides thyself?", "pos": 1673448}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Nay, you may call me coward if you will; but if that little man there upon the stage is not frightened, I never saw any man frightened in my life. Ay, ay: go along with you: Ay, to be sure! Who's fool then? Will you? Lud have mercy upon such fool-hardiness!--Whatever happens, it is good enough for you.----Follow you? I'd follow the devil as soon. Nay, perhaps it is the devil----for they say he can put on what likeness he pleases.--Oh! here he is again.----No farther! No, you have gone far enough already; farther than I'd have gone for all the king's dominions.", "pos": 1673532}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Why, Partridge, you exceed my expectations. You enjoy the play more than I conceived possible.", "pos": 1674445}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Nay, sir, if you are not afraid of the devil, I can't help it; but to be sure, it is natural to be surprized at such things, though I know there is nothing in them: not that it was the ghost that surprized me, neither; for I should have known that to have been only a man in a strange dress; but when I saw the little man so frightened himself, it was that which took hold of me.", "pos": 1674542}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "And dost thou imagine, then, Partridge, that he was really frightened?", "pos": 1674946}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Nay, sir, did not you yourself observe afterwards, when he found it was his own father's spirit, and how he was murdered in the garden, how his fear forsook him by degrees, and he was struck dumb with sorrow, as it were, just as I should have been, had it been my own case?--But hush! O la! what noise is that? There he is again.----Well, to be certain, though I know there is nothing at all in it, I am glad I am not down yonder, where those men are. Ay, you may draw your sword; what signifies a sword against the power of the devil? Well, how people may be deceived by faces! Nulla fides fronti is, I find, a true saying. Who would think, by looking in the king's face, that he had ever committed a murder? There, sir, now; what say you now? is he frightened now or no? As much frightened as you think me, and, to be sure, nobody can help some fears. I would not be in so bad a condition as what's his name, squire Hamlet, is there, for all the world. Bless me! what's become of the spirit? As I am a living soul, I thought I saw him sink into the earth.", "pos": 1675034}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Indeed, you saw right,", "pos": 1676639}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Well, well. I know it is only a play: and besides, if there was anything in all this, Madam Miller would not laugh so; for as to you, sir, you would not be afraid, I believe, if the devil was here in person.--There, there--Ay, no wonder you are in such a passion, shake the vile wicked wretch to pieces. If she was my own mother, I would serve her so. To be sure all duty to a mother is forfeited by such wicked doings.----Ay, go about your business, I hate the sight of you. If she did not imagine the king looked as if he was touched; though he is, a good actor, and doth all he can to hide it. Well, I would not have so much to answer for, as that wicked man there hath, to sit upon a much higher chair than he sits upon. No wonder he ran away; for your sake I'll never trust an innocent face again.", "pos": 1676680}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "That it was one of the most famous burial-places about town.", "pos": 1677996}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "No wonder then, that the place is haunted. But I never saw in my life a worse grave-digger. I had a sexton, when I was clerk, that should have dug three graves while he is digging one. The fellow handles a spade as if it was the first time he had ever had one in his hand. Ay, ay, you may sing. You had rather sing than work, I believe. Well! it is strange to see how fearless some men are: I never could bring myself to touch anything belonging to a dead man, on any account.--He seemed frightened enough too at the ghost, I thought. Nemo omnibus horis sapit.", "pos": 1678059}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Which of the players he had liked best?", "pos": 1678786}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "The king, without doubt.", "pos": 1678902}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "Indeed, Mr Partridge, you are not of the same opinion with the town; for they are all agreed, that Hamlet is acted by the best player who ever was on the stage.", "pos": 1678929}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "He the best player! why, I could act as well as he myself. I am sure, if I had seen a ghost, I should have looked in the very same manner, and done just as he did. And then, to be sure, in that scene, as you called it, between him and his mother, where you told me he acted so fine, why, Lord help me, any man, that is, any good man, that had such a mother, would have done exactly the same. I know you are only joking with me; but indeed, madam, though I was never at a play in London, yet I have seen acting before in the country; and the king for my money; he speaks all his words distinctly, half as loud again as the other.--Anybody may see he is an actor.", "pos": 1679111}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Lord have mercy upon us! there it is.", "pos": 1680821}
{"speaker": "Blifil", "text": "Besides, sir, if they fail, you may then (which will be surely time enough) deny your consent.", "pos": 1684971}
{"speaker": "Thwackum", "text": "and though, the good young gentleman hath mentioned charity last, I am almost convinced it is his first and principal consideration.", "pos": 1685559}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "But I declare. I will never give my consent to any absolute force being put on her inclinations, nor shall you ever have her, unless she can be brought freely to compliance.", "pos": 1686136}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Brother. I am astonished at your behaviour; will you never learn any regard to decorum? Will you still look upon every apartment as your own, or as belonging to one of your country tenants? Do you think yourself at liberty to invade the privacies of women of condition, without the least decency or notice?", "pos": 1687837}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Why, what a pox is the matter now? one would think I had caught you at--", "pos": 1688161}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "None of your brutality, sir, I beseech you. You have surprized my poor niece so, that she can hardly, I see, support herself.----Go, my dear, retire, and endeavour to recruit your spirits; for I see you have occasion.", "pos": 1688257}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "To be sure, sister, you are mad, when I have brought Mr Blifil here to court her, to force her away.", "pos": 1688580}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Sure, brother, you are worse than mad, when you know in what situation affairs are, to----I am sure I ask Mr Blifil's pardon, but he knows very well to whom to impute so disagreeable a reception. For my own part, I am sure I shall always be very glad to see Mr Blifil; but his own good sense would not have suffered him to proceed so abruptly, had you not compelled him to it.", "pos": 1688703}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Well, well, I am to blame, if you will, I always am, certainly; but come, let the girl be fetched back again, or let Mr Blifil go to her.----He's come up on purpose, and there is no time to be lost.", "pos": 1689227}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Brother. Mr Blifil, I am confident, understands himself better than to think of seeing my niece any more this morning, after what hath happened. Women are of a nice contexture; and our spirits, when disordered, are not to be recomposed in a moment. Had you suffered Mr Blifil to have sent his compliments to my niece, and to have desired the favour of waiting on her in the afternoon, I should possibly have prevailed on her to have seen him; but now I despair of bringing about any such matter.", "pos": 1689428}
{"speaker": "Blifil", "text": "I am very sorry, madam, that Mr Western's extraordinary kindness to me, which I can never enough acknowledge, should have occasioned--", "pos": 1689947}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Indeed, sir, you need make no apologies, we all know my brother so well.", "pos": 1690100}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "I don't care what anybody knows of me, but when must he come to see her? for, consider, I tell you, he is come up on purpose, and so is Allworthy.", "pos": 1690205}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Brother, whatever message Mr Blifil thinks proper to send to my niece shall be delivered to her; and I suppose she will want no instructions to make a proper answer. I am convinced she will not refuse to see Mr Blifil at a proper time.", "pos": 1690381}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "The devil she won't! Odsbud!--Don't we know--I say nothing, but some volk are wiser than all the world.----If I might have had my will, she had not run away before: and now I expect to hear every moment she is guone again. For as great a fool as some volk think me, I know very well she hates----", "pos": 1690632}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "No matter, brother. I will not hear my niece abused. It is a reflection on my family. She is an honour to it; and she will be an honour to it, I promise you. I will pawn my whole reputation in the world on her conduct.----I shall be glad to see you, brother, in the afternoon; for I have somewhat of importance to mention to you.--At present, Mr Blifil, as well as you, must excuse me; for I am in haste to dress.", "pos": 1690955}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Well, but, do appoint a time.", "pos": 1691394}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Indeed. I can appoint no time. I tell you I will see you in the afternoon.", "pos": 1691445}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "What the devil would you have me do? I can no more turn her, than a beagle can turn an old hare. Perhaps she will be in a better humour in the afternoon.", "pos": 1691535}
{"speaker": "Blifil", "text": "I am condemned, I see, sir, to misfortune, but I shall always own my obligations to you.", "pos": 1691731}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "Now, as I have, for the sake of my cousin, made it my business to enquire after this fellow, I have luckily found out his lodgings; I am thinking, my lord, (for this fellow is too mean for your personal resentment), whether it would not be possible for your lordship to contrive some method of having him pressed and sent on board a ship. Neither law nor conscience forbid this project: for the fellow, I promise you, however well drest, is but a vagabond, and as proper as any fellow in the streets to be pressed into the service; and as for the conscientious part, surely the preservation of a young lady from such ruin is a most meritorious act; nay, with regard to the fellow himself, unless he could succeed (which Heaven forbid) with my cousin, it may probably be the means of preserving him from the gallows, and perhaps may make his fortune in an honest way.", "pos": 1694287}
{"speaker": "Lord Fellamar", "text": "He said, he saw at present no objection to the pressing scheme, and would consider of putting it in execution. to do him the honour of immediately mentioning his proposals to the family; to whom he said he offered a carte blanche, and would settle his fortune in almost any manner they should require.", "pos": 1695404}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "will, I doubt not, soon be prevailed upon to sacrifice a simple inclination to the addresses of a fine gentleman, who brings her both a title and a large estate: For, indeed. I must do Sophy the justice to confess this Blifil is but a hideous kind of fellow, as you know, Bellaston, all country gentlemen are, and hath nothing but his fortune to recommend him.", "pos": 1697481}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "Nay. I don't then so much wonder at my cousin; for I promise you this Jones is a very agreeable fellow, and hath one virtue, which the men say is a great recommendation to us. What do you think, Mrs Western--I shall certainly make you laugh; nay, I can hardly tell you myself for laughing--will you believe that the fellow hath had the assurance to make love to me? But if you should be inclined to disbelieve it, here is evidence enough, his own handwriting, I assure you.", "pos": 1697858}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Upon my word I am astonished, this is, indeed, a masterpiece of assurance. With your leave I may possibly make some use of this letter.", "pos": 1698538}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "You have my full liberty, to apply it to what purpose you please. However, I would not have it shewn to any but Miss Western, nor to her unless you find occasion.", "pos": 1698696}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Well, and how did you use the fellow?", "pos": 1698885}
{"speaker": "Lady Bellaston", "text": "Not as a husband. I am not married, I promise you, my dear. You know, Bell, I have tried the comforts once already; and once, I think, is enough for any reasonable woman.", "pos": 1698947}
{"speaker": "Mrs Fitzpatrick", "text": "Indeed, sir. I cannot think there is anything easier than to cheat an old woman with a profession of love, when her complexion is amorous; and, though she is my aunt, I must say there never was a more liquorish one than her ladyship. Can't you pretend that the despair of possessing her niece, from her being promised to Blifil, has made you turn your thoughts towards her? As to my cousin Sophia, I can't imagine her to be such a simpleton as to have the least scruple on such an account, or to conceive any harm in punishing one of these haggs for the many mischiefs they bring upon families by their tragi-comic passions; for which I think it is a pity they are not punishable by law. I had no such scruple myself; and yet I hope my cousin Sophia will not think it an affront when I say she cannot detest every real species of falsehood more than her cousin Fitzpatrick. To my aunt, indeed, I pretend no duty, nor doth she deserve any. However, sir, I have given you my advice; and if you decline pursuing it, I shall have the less opinion of your understanding--that's all. You need attempt no more excuses; for I can easily forgive a real lover, whatever is the effect of fondness for his mistress.", "pos": 1704605}
{"speaker": "Mrs Fitzpatrick", "text": "Indeed, Mr Jones, I pity you; but it is the curse of such tenderness to be thrown away on those who are insensible of it. I know my cousin better than you, Mr Jones, and I must say, any woman who makes no return to such a passion, and such a person, is unworthy of both.", "pos": 1709346}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Sure, madam, you can't mean----", "pos": 1709619}
{"speaker": "Mrs Fitzpatrick", "text": "Mean! I know not what I mean; there is something, I think, in true tenderness bewitching; few women ever meet with it in men, and fewer still know how to value it when they do. I never heard such truly noble sentiments, and I can't tell how it is, but you force one to believe you. Sure she must be the most contemptible of women who can overlook such merit.", "pos": 1709667}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I am afraid, madam, I have made too tiresome a visit;", "pos": 1710234}
{"speaker": "Mrs Fitzpatrick", "text": "Not at all, sir. Indeed I pity you, Mr Jones; indeed I do: but if you are going, consider of the scheme I have mentioned--I am convinced you will approve it--and let me see you again as soon as you can.--To-morrow morning if you will, or at least some time to-morrow. I shall be at home all day.", "pos": 1710321}
{"speaker": "Fitzpatrick", "text": "for I am sure, you must have been in it, as I saw you come out of it.", "pos": 1712697}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "That he had been visiting a lady there.", "pos": 1712810}
{"speaker": "Fitzpatrick", "text": "What business have you with the lady?", "pos": 1712882}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Ha, my good friend! give me your hand; I hope there is no ill blood remaining between us, upon a small mistake which happened so long ago.", "pos": 1713038}
{"speaker": "Fitzpatrick", "text": "Upon my soul, sir. I don't know your name nor your face.", "pos": 1713178}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Indeed, sir, neither have I the pleasure of knowing your name, but your face I very well remember to have seen before at Upton, where a foolish quarrel happened between us, which, if it is not made up yet, we will now make up over a bottle.", "pos": 1713257}
{"speaker": "Fitzpatrick", "text": "At Upton! Ha! upon my soul, I believe your name is Jones?", "pos": 1713514}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Indeed, it is.", "pos": 1713596}
{"speaker": "Fitzpatrick", "text": "O! upon my soul, you are the very man I wanted to meet.--Upon my soul I will drink a bottle with you presently; but first I will give you a great knock over the pate. There is for you, you rascal. Upon my soul, if you do not give me satisfaction for that blow, I will give you another.", "pos": 1713629}
{"speaker": "Fitzpatrick", "text": "I have satisfaction enough: I am a dead man.", "pos": 1714465}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I hope not, but whatever be the consequence, you must be sensible you have drawn it upon yourself.", "pos": 1714512}
{"speaker": "one of the fellows", "text": "Ay, the wounded gentleman will be taken care enough of; for I suppose he hath not many hours to live. As for you, sir, you have a month at least good yet.", "pos": 1714811}
{"speaker": "another", "text": "D--n me, Jack, he hath prevented his voyage; he's bound to another port now;", "pos": 1714996}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Wherever you please; I am indifferent as to what happens to me; for though I am convinced I am not guilty of murder in the eye of the law, yet the weight of blood I find intolerable upon my mind.", "pos": 1716105}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "You owe the hearing from me again to an accident which I own surprizes me. My aunt hath just now shown me a letter from you to Lady Bellaston, which contains a proposal of marriage. I am convinced it is your own hand; and what more surprizes me is, that it is dated at the very time when you would have me imagine you was under such concern on my account.--I leave you to comment on this fact. All I desire is, that your name may never more be mentioned to S. W.", "pos": 1717463}
{"speaker": "Blifil", "text": "Good Lord! my dear uncle, what do you think hath happened? I vow I am afraid of telling it you, for fear of shocking you with the remembrance of ever having shewn any kindness to such a villain.", "pos": 1722107}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "What is the matter, child? I fear I have shewn kindness in my life to the unworthy more than once. But charity doth not adopt the vices of its objects.", "pos": 1722304}
{"speaker": "Blifil", "text": "O, sir! it is not without the secret direction of Providence that you mention the word adoption. Your adopted son, sir, that Jones, that wretch whom you nourished in your bosom, hath proved one of the greatest villains upon earth.", "pos": 1722476}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "By all that's sacred 'tis false. Mr Jones is no villain. He is one of the worthiest creatures breathing; and if any other person had called him villain, I would have thrown all this boiling water in his face. I hope you will not be angry with me; I would not offend you, sir, for the world; but, indeed, I could not bear to hear him called so.", "pos": 1722728}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "I must own, madam. I am a little surprized to hear you so warmly defend a fellow you do not know.", "pos": 1723228}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "O! I do know him, Mr Allworthy, indeed I do; I should be the most ungrateful of all wretches if I denied it. O! he hath preserved me and my little family; we have all reason to bless him while we live.--And I pray Heaven to bless him, and turn the hearts of his malicious enemies. I know, I find, I see, he hath such.", "pos": 1723360}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "You surprize me, madam, still more, sure you must mean some other. It is impossible you should have any such obligations to the man my nephew mentions.", "pos": 1723692}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "Too surely. I have obligations to him of the greatest and tenderest kind. He hath been the preserver of me and mine. Believe me, sir, he hath been abused, grossly abused to you; I know he hath, or you, whom I know to be all goodness and honour, would not, after the many kind and tender things I have heard you say of this poor helpless child, have so disdainfully called him fellow.--Indeed, my best of friends, he deserves a kinder appellation from you, had you heard the good, the kind, the grateful things which I have heard him utter of you. He never mentions your name but with a sort of adoration. In this very room I have seen him on his knees, imploring all the blessings of heaven upon your head. I do not love that child there better than he loves you.", "pos": 1723864}
{"speaker": "Blifil", "text": "I see, sir, now. Mrs Miller really doth know him. I suppose you will find she is not the only one of your acquaintance to whom he hath exposed you. As for my character, I perceive, by some hints she hath thrown out, he hath been very free with it, but I forgive him.", "pos": 1724646}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "And the Lord forgive you, sir! we have all sins enough to stand in need of his forgiveness.", "pos": 1725009}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Upon my word, Mrs Miller. I do not take this behaviour of yours to my nephew kindly; and I do assure you, as any reflections which you cast upon him must come only from that wickedest of men, they would only serve, if that were possible, to heighten my resentment against him: for I must tell you, Mrs Miller, the young man who now stands before you hath ever been the warmest advocate for the ungrateful wretch whose cause you espouse. This, I think, when you hear it from my own mouth, will make you wonder at so much baseness and ingratitude.", "pos": 1725122}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "You are deceived, sir, if they were the last words which were to issue from my lips, I would say you were deceived; and I once more repeat it, the Lord forgive those who have deceived you! I do not pretend to say the young man is without faults; but they are all the faults of wildness and of youth; faults which he may, nay, which I am certain he will, relinquish, and, if he should not, they are vastly overbalanced by one of the most humane, tender, honest hearts that ever man was blest with.", "pos": 1725688}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Indeed, Mrs Miller, had this been related of you, I should not have believed it.", "pos": 1726210}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "Indeed, sir, you will believe everything I have said, I am sure you will: and when you have heard the story which I shall tell you (for I will tell you all), you will be so far from being offended, that you will own (I know your justice so well), that I must have been the most despicable and most ungrateful of wretches if I had acted any other part than I have.", "pos": 1726311}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Well, madam, I shall be very glad to hear any good excuse for a behaviour which, I must confess, I think wants an excuse. And now, madam, will you be pleased to let my nephew proceed in his story without interruption. He would not have introduced a matter of slight consequence with such a preface. Perhaps even this story will cure you of your mistake.", "pos": 1726711}
{"speaker": "Blifil", "text": "I am sure, sir, if you don't think proper to resent the ill-usage of Mrs Miller, I shall easily forgive what affects me only. I think your goodness hath not deserved this indignity at her hands.", "pos": 1727136}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Well, child, but what is this new instance? What hath he done of late?", "pos": 1727333}
{"speaker": "Blifil", "text": "What, notwithstanding all Mrs Miller hath said, I am very sorry to relate, and what you should never have heard from me, had it not been a matter impossible to conceal from the whole world. In short he hath killed a man; I will not say murdered--for perhaps it may not be so construed in law, and I hope the best for his sake.", "pos": 1727440}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Well, madam, what say you now?", "pos": 1727859}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "Why, I say, sir, that I never was more concerned at anything in my life; but, if the fact be true, I am convinced the man, whoever he is, was in fault. Heaven knows there are many villains in this town who make it their business to provoke young gentlemen. Nothing but the greatest provocation could have tempted him; for of all the gentlemen I ever had in my house, I never saw one so gentle or so sweet-tempered. He was beloved by every one in the house, and every one who came near it.", "pos": 1727908}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "D--n me, if I won't walk in the rain rather than get into one of their hand-barrows again. They have jolted me more in a mile than Brown Bess would in a long fox-chase. There, there is fine business forwards now. The hounds have changed at last; and when we imagined we had a fox to deal with, od-rat it, it turns out to be a badger at last!", "pos": 1730003}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Pray, my good neighbour, drop your metaphors, and speak a little plainer.", "pos": 1730473}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Why, then, to tell you plainly, we have been all this time afraid of a son of a whore of a bastard of somebody's, I don't know whose, not I. And now here's a confounded son of a whore of a lord, who may be a bastard too for what I know or care, for he shall never have a daughter of mine by my consent. They have beggared the nation, but they shall never beggar me. My land shall never be sent over to Hanover.", "pos": 1730567}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "You surprize me much, my good friend,", "pos": 1730999}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Why, zounds! I am surprized myself,", "pos": 1731055}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Now I begin to understand,", "pos": 1732083}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "My liking! how the devil should it? I tell you it is a lord, and those are always volks whom you know I always resolved to have nothing to do with. Did unt I refuse a matter of vorty years' purchase now for a bit of land, which one o' um had a mind to put into a park, only because I would have no dealings with lords, and dost think I would marry my daughter zu? Besides, ben't I engaged to you, and did I ever go off any bargain when I had promised?", "pos": 1732262}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "As to that point, neighbour, I entirely release you from any engagement. No contract can be binding between parties who have not a full power to make it at the time, nor ever afterwards acquire the power of fulfilling it.", "pos": 1732716}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Slud! then, I tell you I have power, and I will fulfil it. Come along with me directly to Doctors' Commons, I will get a licence; and I will go to sister and take away the wench by force, and she shall ha un, or I will lock her up, and keep her upon bread and water as long as she lives.", "pos": 1732978}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Mr Western, shall I beg you will hear my full sentiments on this matter?", "pos": 1733286}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Hear thee; ay, to be sure I will,", "pos": 1733362}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Why, then, sir, I can truly say, without a compliment either to you or the young lady, that when this match was proposed, I embraced it very readily and heartily, from my regard to you both. An alliance between two families so nearly neighbours, and between whom there had always existed so mutual an intercourse and good harmony, I thought a most desirable event; and with regard to the young lady, not only the concurrent opinion of all who knew her, but my own observation assured me that she would be an inestimable treasure to a good husband. I shall say nothing of her personal qualifications, which certainly are admirable; her good nature, her charitable disposition, her modesty, are too well known to need any panegyric: but she hath one quality which existed in a high degree in that best of women, who is now one of the first of angels, which, as it is not of a glaring kind, more commonly escapes observation; so little indeed is it remarked, that I want a word to express it. I must use negatives on this occasion. I never heard anything of pertness, or what is called repartee, out of her mouth; no pretence to wit, much less to that kind of wisdom which is the result only of great learning and experience, the affectation of which, in a young woman, is as absurd as any of the affectations of an ape. No dictatorial sentiments, no judicial opinions, no profound criticisms. Whenever I have seen her in the company of men, she hath been all attention, with the modesty of a learner, not the forwardness of a teacher. You'll pardon me for it, but I once, to try her only, desired her opinion on a point which was controverted between Mr Thwackum and Mr Square. To which she answered, with much sweetness, `You will pardon me, good Mr Allworthy; I am sure you cannot in earnest think me capable of deciding any point in which two such gentlemen disagree.' Thwackum and Square, who both alike thought themselves sure of a favourable decision, seconded my request. She answered with the same good humour, `I must absolutely be excused: for I will affront neither so much as to give my judgment on his side.' Indeed, she always shewed the highest deference to the understandings of men; a quality absolutely essential to the making a good wife. I shall only add, that as she is most apparently void of all affectation, this deference must be certainly real.", "pos": 1733430}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Don't be chicken-hearted, for shat ha her, d--n me, shat ha her, if she was twenty times as good.", "pos": 1735920}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Remember your promise, sir,", "pos": 1736020}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Well, shat unt,", "pos": 1736098}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Now, my good friend, I have dwelt so long on the merit of this young lady, partly as I really am in love with her character, and partly that fortune (for the match in that light is really advantageous on my nephew's side) might not be imagined to be my principal view in having so eagerly embraced the proposal. Indeed, I heartily wished to receive so great a jewel into my family; but though I may wish for many good things, I would not, therefore, steal them, or be guilty of any violence or injustice to possess myself of them. Now to force a woman into a marriage contrary to her consent or approbation, is an act of such injustice and oppression, that I wish the laws of our country could restrain it; but a good conscience is never lawless in the worst regulated state, and will provide those laws for itself, which the neglect of legislators hath forgotten to supply. This is surely a case of that kind; for, is it not cruel, nay, impious, to force a woman into that state against her will; for her behaviour in which she is to be accountable to the highest and most dreadful court of judicature, and to answer at the peril of her soul? To discharge the matrimonial duties in an adequate manner is no easy task; and shall we lay this burthen upon a woman, while we at the same time deprive her of all that assistance which may enable her to undergo it? Shall we tear her very heart from her, while we enjoin her duties to which a whole heart is scarce equal? I must speak very plainly here. I think parents who act in this manner are accessories to all the guilt which their children afterwards incur, and of course must, before a just judge, expect to partake of their punishment; but if they could avoid this, good heaven! is there a soul who can bear the thought of having contributed to the damnation of his child? For these reasons, my best neighbour, as I see the inclinations of this young lady are most unhappily averse to my nephew, I must decline any further thoughts of the honour you intended him, though I assure you I shall always retain the most grateful sense of it.", "pos": 1736190}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Well, sir, you cannot say but I have heard you out, and now I expect you'll hear me; and if I don't answer every word on't, why then I'll consent to gee the matter up. First then, I desire you to answer me one question--Did not I beget her? did not I beget her? answer me that. They say, indeed, it is a wise father that knows his own child; but I am sure I have the best title to her, for I bred her up. But I believe you will allow me to be her father, and if I be, am I not to govern my own child? I ask you that, am I not to govern my own child? and if I am to govern her in other matters, surely I am to govern her in this, which concerns her most. And what am I desiring all this while? Am I desiring her to do anything for me? to give me anything?--Zu much on t'other side, that I am only desiring her to take away half my estate now, and t'other half when I die. Well, and what is it all vor? Why, is unt it to make her happy? It's enough to make one mad to hear volks talk; if I was going to marry myself, then she would ha reason to cry and to blubber; but, on the contrary, han't I offered to bind down my land in such a manner, that I could not marry if I would, seeing as narro' woman upon earth would ha me. What the devil in hell can I do more? I contribute to her damnation!--Zounds! I'd zee all the world d--n'd bevore her little vinger should be hurt. Indeed, Mr Allworthy, you must excuse me, but I am surprized to hear you talk in zuch a manner, and I must say, take it how you will, that I thought you had more sense.", "pos": 1738370}
{"speaker": "Blifil", "text": "As to using any violence on the young lady, I am sure I shall never consent to it. My conscience will not permit me to use violence on any one, much less on a lady for whom, however cruel she is to me, I shall always preserve the purest and sincerest affection; but yet I have read that women are seldom proof against perseverance. Why may I not hope then by such perseverance at last to gain those inclinations, in which for the future I shall, perhaps, have no rival; for as for this lord, Mr Western is so kind to prefer me to him; and sure, sir, you will not deny but that a parent hath at least a negative voice in these matters; nay, I have heard this very young lady herself say so more than once, and declare that she thought children inexcusable who married in direct opposition to the will of their parents. Besides, though the other ladies of the family seem to favour the pretensions of my lord, I do not find the lady herself is inclined to give him any countenance; alas! I am too well assured she is not; I am too sensible that wickedest of men remains uppermost in her heart.", "pos": 1740238}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Ay, ay, so he does,", "pos": 1741332}
{"speaker": "Blifil", "text": "But surely, when she hears of this murder which he hath committed, if the law should spare his life----", "pos": 1741384}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "What's that? Murder! hath he committed a murder, and is there any hopes of seeing him hanged?--Tol de rol, tol lol de rol.", "pos": 1741490}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Child, this unhappy passion of yours distresses me beyond measure. I heartily pity you, and would do every fair thing to promote your success.", "pos": 1741702}
{"speaker": "Blifil", "text": "I desire no more; I am convinced my dear uncle hath a better opinion of me than to think that I myself would accept of more.", "pos": 1741847}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Lookee, you have my leave to write, to visit, if she will permit it--but I insist on no thoughts of violence. I will have no confinement, nothing of that kind attempted.", "pos": 1742008}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Well, well, nothing of that kind shall be attempted; we will try a little longer what fair means will effect; and if this fellow be but hanged out of the way--Tol lol de rol! I never heard better news in my life--I warrant everything goes to my mind.--Do, prithee, dear Allworthy, come and dine with me at the Hercules Pillars: I have bespoke a shoulder of mutton roasted, and a spare-rib of pork, and a fowl and egg-sauce. There will be nobody but ourselves, unless we have a mind to have the landlord; for I have sent Parson Supple down to Basingstoke after my tobacco-box, which I left at an inn there, and I would not lose it for the world; for it is an old acquaintance of above twenty years' standing. I can tell you landlord is a vast comical bitch, you will like un hugely.", "pos": 1742200}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "He wished with all his heart he would endeavour to conquer a passion, in which I cannot, flatter you with any hopes of succeeding. It is certainly a vulgar error, that aversion in a woman may be conquered by perseverance. Indifference may, perhaps, sometimes yield to it; but the usual triumphs gained by perseverance in a lover are over caprice, prudence, affectation, and often an exorbitant degree of levity, which excites women not over-warm in their constitutions to indulge their vanity by prolonging the time of courtship, even when they are well enough pleased with the object, and resolve (if they ever resolve at all) to make him a very pitiful amends in the end. But a fixed dislike, as I am afraid this is, will rather gather strength than be conquered by time. Besides, my dear, I have another apprehension which you must excuse. I am afraid this passion which you have for this fine young creature hath her beautiful person too much for its object, and is unworthy of the name of that love which is the only foundation of matrimonial felicity. To admire, to like, and to long for the possession of a beautiful woman, without any regard to her sentiments towards us, is, I am afraid, too natural; but love, I believe, is the child of love only; at least, I am pretty confident that to love the creature who we are assured hates us is not in human nature. Examine your heart, therefore, thoroughly, my good boy, and if, upon examination, you have but the least suspicion of this kind, I am sure your own virtue and religion will impel you to drive so vicious a passion from your heart, and your good sense will soon enable you to do it without pain.", "pos": 1743251}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "That she expected his lordship that very afternoon, and intended to take the first opportunity of leaving her alone with him.", "pos": 1747112}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "If you do, madam. I shall take the first opportunity of leaving him by himself.", "pos": 1747240}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "How! madam! is this the return you make me for my kindness in relieving you from your confinement at your father's?", "pos": 1747359}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "You know, madam, the cause of that confinement was a refusal to comply with my father in accepting a man I detested; and will my dear aunt, who hath relieved me from that distress, involve me in another equally bad?", "pos": 1747495}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "And do you think then, madam, that there is no difference between my Lord Fellamar and Mr Blifil?", "pos": 1747728}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Very little, in my opinion, and, if I must be condemned to one, I would certainly have the merit of sacrificing myself to my father's pleasure.", "pos": 1747852}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Then my pleasure, I find, hath very little weight with you; but that consideration shall not move me. I act from nobler motives. The view of aggrandizing my family, of ennobling yourself, is what I proceed upon. Have you no sense of ambition? Are there no charms in the thoughts of having a coronet on your coach?", "pos": 1748031}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "None, upon my honour. A pincushion upon my coach would please me just as well.", "pos": 1748347}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Never mention honour. It becomes not the mouth of such a wretch. I am sorry, niece, you force me to use these words, but I cannot bear your groveling temper; you have none of the blood of the Westerns in you. But, however mean and base your own ideas are, you shall bring no imputation on mine. I will never suffer the world to say of me that I encouraged you in refusing one of the best matches in England; a match which, besides its advantage in fortune, would do honour to almost any family, and hath, indeed, in title, the advantage of ours.", "pos": 1748461}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Surely, I am born deficient, and have not the senses with which other people are blessed; there must be certainly some sense which can relish the delights of sound and show, which I have not; for surely mankind would not labour so much, nor sacrifice so much for the obtaining, nor would they be so elate and proud with possessing, what appeared to them, as it doth to me, the most insignificant of all trifles.", "pos": 1749024}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "No, no, miss, you are born with as many senses as other people; but I assure you you are not born with a sufficient understanding to make a fool of me, or to expose my conduct to the world; so I declare this to you, upon my word, and you know, I believe, how fixed my resolutions are, unless you agree to see his lordship this afternoon, I will, with my own hands, deliver you to-morrow morning to my brother, and will never henceforth interfere with you, nor see your face again.", "pos": 1749456}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Do with me, madam, whatever you please; I am the most miserable undone wretch upon earth; if my dear aunt forsakes me where shall I look for a protector?", "pos": 1750089}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "My dear niece, you will have a very good protector in his lordship; a protector whom nothing but a hankering after that vile fellow Jones can make you decline.", "pos": 1750258}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Indeed, madam, you wrong me. How can you imagine, after what you have shewn me, if I had ever any such thoughts, that I should not banish them for ever? If it will satisfy you, I will receive the sacrament upon it never to see his face again.", "pos": 1750435}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "But, child, dear child, be reasonable; can you invent a single objection?", "pos": 1750680}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I have already, I think, told you a sufficient objection.", "pos": 1750773}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "What? I remember none.", "pos": 1750868}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Sure, madam, I told you he had used me in the rudest and vilest manner.", "pos": 1750893}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Indeed, child, I never heard you, or did not understand you:--but what do you mean by this rude, vile manner?", "pos": 1750982}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Indeed, madam, I am almost ashamed to tell you. He caught me in his arms, pulled me down upon the settee, and thrust his hand into my bosom, and kissed it with such violence that I have the mark upon my left breast at this moment.", "pos": 1751125}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Indeed!", "pos": 1751358}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Yes, indeed, madam; my father luckily came in at that instant, or Heaven knows what rudeness he intended to have proceeded to.", "pos": 1751405}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "I am astonished and confounded. No woman of the name of Western hath been ever treated so since we were a family. I would have torn the eyes of a prince out, if he had attempted such freedoms with me. It is impossible! sure, Sophia, you must invent this to raise my indignation against him.", "pos": 1751534}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I hope, madam, you have too good an opinion of me to imagine me capable of telling an untruth. Upon my soul it is true.", "pos": 1751845}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "I should have stabbed him to the heart, had I been present. Yet surely he could have no dishonourable design; it is impossible! he durst not: besides, his proposals shew he hath not; for they are not only honourable, but generous. I don't know; the age allows too great freedoms. A distant salute is all I would have allowed before the ceremony. I have had lovers formerly, not so long ago neither; several lovers, though I never would consent to marriage, and I never encouraged the least freedom. It is a foolish custom, and what I never would agree to. No man kissed more of me than my cheek. It is as much as one can bring oneself to give lips up to a husband; and, indeed, could I ever have been persuaded to marry, I believe I should not have soon been brought to endure so much.", "pos": 1751982}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "You will pardon me, dear madam, if I make one observation: you own you have had many lovers, and the world knows it, even if you should deny it. You refused them all, and, I am convinced, one coronet at least among them.", "pos": 1752791}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "You say true, dear Sophy; I had once the offer of a title.", "pos": 1753029}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Why, then, will you not suffer me to refuse this once?", "pos": 1753121}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "It is true, child, I have refused the offer of a title; but it was not so good an offer; that is, not so very, very good an offer.", "pos": 1753178}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Yes, madam; but you have had very great proposals from men of vast fortunes. It was not the first, nor the second, nor the third advantageous match that offered itself.", "pos": 1753339}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "I own it was not.", "pos": 1753510}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Well, madam, and why may not I expect to have a second, perhaps, better than this? You are now but a young woman, and I am convinced would not promise to yield to the first lover of fortune, nay, or of title too. I am a very young woman, and sure I need not despair.", "pos": 1753560}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Well, my dear, dear Sophy, what would you have me say?", "pos": 1753829}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Why, I only beg that I may not be left alone, at least this evening; grant me that, and I will submit, if you think, after what is past, I ought to see him in your company.", "pos": 1753904}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Well, I will grant it. Sophy, you know I love you, and can deny you nothing. You know the easiness of my nature; I have not always been so easy. I have been formerly thought cruel; by the men, I mean. I was called the cruel Parthenissa. I have broke many a window that has had verses to the cruel Parthenissa in it. Sophy, I was never so handsome as you, and yet I had something of you formerly. I am a little altered. Kingdoms and states, as Tully Cicero says in his epistles, undergo alterations, and so must the human form.", "pos": 1754097}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "My dear Tom, why should you afflict yourself so upon an accident, which, whatever be the consequence, can be attended with no danger to you, and in which your conscience cannot accuse you of having been the least to blame? If the fellow should die, what have you done more than taken away the life of a ruffian in your own defence? So will the coroner's inquest certainly find it; and then you will be easily admitted to bail; and, though you must undergo the form of a trial, yet it is a trial which many men would stand for you for a shilling.", "pos": 1758057}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "chear yourself up. I knew you could not be the aggressor, and so I told Mr Allworthy, and so he shall acknowledge too, before I have done with him.", "pos": 1758646}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "That whatever might be his fate, he should always lament the having shed the blood of one of his fellow-creatures, as one of the highest misfortunes which could have befallen him. But I have another misfortune of the tenderest kind----O! Mrs Miller, I have lost what I held most dear upon earth.", "pos": 1758820}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "That must be a mistress; but come, come; I know more than you imagine and I have heard more than you know. Matters go better, I promise you, than you think; and I would not give Blifil sixpence for all the chance which he hath of the lady.", "pos": 1759179}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Indeed, my dear friend, indeed, you are an entire stranger to the cause of my grief. If you was acquainted with the story, you would allow my case admitted of no comfort. I apprehend no danger from Blifil. I have undone myself.", "pos": 1759421}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "Don't despair. You know not what a woman can do; and if anything be in my power, I promise you I will do it to serve you. It is my duty. My son, my dear Mr Nightingale, who is so kind to tell me he hath obligations to you on the same account, knows it is my duty. Shall I go to the lady myself? I will say anything to her you would have me say.", "pos": 1759691}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Thou best of women, talk not of obligations to me;--but as you have been so kind to mention it, there is a favour which, perhaps, may be in your power. I see you are acquainted with the lady (how you came by your information I know not), who sits, indeed, very near my heart. If you could contrive to deliver this (giving her a paper from his pocket), I shall for ever acknowledge your goodness.", "pos": 1760077}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "Give it me. If I see it not in her own possession before I sleep, may my next sleep be my last! Comfort yourself, my good young man! be wise enough to take warning from past follies, and I warrant all shall be well, and I shall yet see you happy with the most charming young lady in the world; for I so hear from every one she is.", "pos": 1760494}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Believe me, madam, I do not speak the common cant of one in my unhappy situation. Before this dreadful accident happened, I had resolved to quit a life of which I was become sensible of the wickedness as well as folly. I do assure you, notwithstanding the disturbances I have unfortunately occasioned in your house, for which I heartily ask your pardon, I am not an abandoned profligate. Though I have been hurried into vices, I do not approve a vicious character, nor will I ever, from this moment, deserve it.", "pos": 1760838}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "I have not the pleasure to know you, madam. No, madam, and I must beg pardon for intruding upon you. But when you know what has induced me to give you this trouble, I hope----", "pos": 1763324}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Pray, what is your business, madam?", "pos": 1763527}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "Madam, we are not alone.", "pos": 1763601}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Go out, Betty.", "pos": 1763664}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "I was desired, madam, by a very unhappy young gentleman, to deliver you this letter.", "pos": 1763736}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I could not conceive, madam, from your appearance, that your business had been of such a nature.--Whomever you brought this letter from, I shall not open it. I should be sorry to entertain an unjust suspicion of any one; but you are an utter stranger to me.", "pos": 1763929}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "If you will have patience, madam, I will acquaint you who I am, and how I came by that letter.", "pos": 1764189}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I have no curiosity, madam, to know anything; but I must insist on your delivering that letter back to the person who gave it you. Sure, madam, it is surprizing you should be so very strongly interested in the behalf of this person. I would not think, madam", "pos": 1764309}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "No, madam, you shall not think anything but the truth. I will tell you all, and you will not wonder that I am interested. He is the best-natured creature that ever was born. This, madam, this is his goodness; but I have much more tender obligations to him. He hath preserved my child. Now, madam, you shall judge whether I can ever do enough for so kind, so good, so generous a young man; and sure he is the best and worthiest of all human beings.", "pos": 1764708}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I know not what to say; certainly what arises from gratitude cannot be blamed--But what service can my reading this letter do your friend, since I am resolved never---- Well, madam. I cannot help it, if you will force it upon me.--Certainly you may leave it whether I will or no.", "pos": 1765663}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "However, I cannot deny but that you have some obligations to the fellow, bad as he is, and I shall therefore excuse what hath past already, but must insist you never mention his name to me more; for, I promise you, it was upon the fullest and plainest evidence that I resolved to take the measures I have taken.", "pos": 1771351}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "Well, sir, I make not the least doubt but time will shew all matters in their true and natural colours, and that you will be convinced this poor young man deserves better of you than some other folks that shall be nameless.", "pos": 1771677}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Madam, I will not hear any reflections on my nephew; and if ever you say a word more of that kind, I will depart from your house that instant. He is the worthiest and best of men; and I once more repeat it to you, he hath carried his friendship to this man to a blameable length, by too long concealing facts of the blackest die. The ingratitude of the wretch to this good young man is what I most resent; for, madam, I have the greatest reason to imagine he had laid a plot to supplant my nephew in my favour, and to have disinherited him.", "pos": 1771940}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "I am sure, sir, I shall never speak against any gentleman you are pleased to think well of. I am sure, sir, such behaviour would very little become me, especially when the gentleman is your nearest relation; but, sir, you must not be angry with me, you must not indeed, for my good wishes to this poor wretch. Sure I may call him so now, though once you would have been angry with me if I had spoke of him with the least disrespect. How often have I heard you call him your son? How often have you prattled to me of him with all the fondness of a parent? Nay, sir, I cannot forget the many tender expressions, the many good things you have told me of his beauty, and his parts, and his virtues; of his good-nature and generosity. I am sure, sir, I cannot forget them, for I find them all true. I have experienced them in my own cause. They have preserved my family. You must pardon my tears, sir, indeed you must. When I consider the cruel reverse of fortune which this poor youth, to whom I am so much obliged, hath suffered; when I consider the loss of your favour, which I know he valued more than his life, I must, I must lament him. If you had a dagger in your hand, ready to plunge into my heart, I must lament the misery of one whom you have loved, and I shall ever love.", "pos": 1772644}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Come, madam, let us consider a little about your daughter. I cannot blame you for rejoicing in a match which promises to be advantageous to her, but you know this advantage, in a great measure, depends on the father's reconciliation. I know Mr Nightingale very well, and have formerly had concerns with him; I will make him a visit, and endeavour to serve you in this matter. I believe he is a worldly man; but as this is an only son, and the thing is now irretrievable, perhaps he may in time be brought to reason. I promise you I will do all I can for you.", "pos": 1774106}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "to whom. I owe the opportunity of giving you, sir, this present trouble.", "pos": 1774864}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "My lord, you must be yourself conscious whether your former behaviour to me hath been consistent with the professions you now make.", "pos": 1778212}
{"speaker": "Lord Fellamar", "text": "Is there, no way by which I can atone for madness? what I did I am afraid must have too plainly convinced you, that the violence of love had deprived me of my senses.", "pos": 1778346}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Indeed, my lord, it is in your power to give me a proof of an affection which I much rather wish to encourage, and to which I should think myself more beholden.", "pos": 1778542}
{"speaker": "Lord Fellamar", "text": "Name it, madam,", "pos": 1778705}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "My lord, I know you must be sensible how uneasy this pretended passion of yours hath made me.", "pos": 1778789}
{"speaker": "Lord Fellamar", "text": "Can you be so cruel to call it pretended?", "pos": 1778885}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Yes, my lord, all professions of love to those whom we persecute are most insulting pretences. This pursuit of yours is to me a most cruel persecution: nay, it is taking a most ungenerous advantage of my unhappy situation.", "pos": 1778957}
{"speaker": "Lord Fellamar", "text": "Most lovely, most adorable charmer, do not accuse me, of taking an ungenerous advantage, while I have no thoughts but what are directed to your honour and interest, and while I have no view, no hope, no ambition, but to throw myself, honour, fortune, everything at your feet.", "pos": 1779182}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "My lord, it is that fortune and those honours which gave you the advantage of which I complain. These are the charms which have seduced my relations, but to me they are things indifferent. If your lordship will merit my gratitude, there is but one way.", "pos": 1779484}
{"speaker": "Lord Fellamar", "text": "Pardon me, divine creature, there can be none. All I can do for you is so much your due, and will give me so much pleasure, that there is no room for your gratitude.", "pos": 1779739}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Indeed, my lord, you may obtain my gratitude, my good opinion, every kind thought and wish which it is in my power to bestow; nay, you may obtain them with ease, for sure to a generous mind it must be easy to grant my request. Let me beseech you, then, to cease a pursuit in which you can never have any success. For your own sake as well as mine I entreat this favour; for sure you are too noble to have any pleasure in tormenting an unhappy creature. What can your lordship propose but uneasiness to yourself, by a perseverance, which, upon my honour, upon my soul, cannot, shall not prevail with me, whatever distresses you may drive me to.", "pos": 1779934}
{"speaker": "Lord Fellamar", "text": "Is it then, madam, that I am so unhappy to be the object of your dislike and scorn; or will you pardon me if I suspect there is some other?", "pos": 1780629}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "My lord, I shall not be accountable to you for the reasons of my conduct. I am obliged to your lordship for the generous offer you have made; I own it is beyond either my deserts or expectations; yet I hope, my lord, you will not insist on my reasons, when I declare I cannot accept it.", "pos": 1780828}
{"speaker": "Lord Fellamar", "text": "That if she had pre-engaged herself to any gentleman, however unhappy it would make him, he should think himself bound in honour to desist.", "pos": 1781321}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "I am ashamed, my lord, of the reception which you have met with. I assure your lordship we are all sensible of the honour done us; and I must tell you, Miss Western, the family expect a different behaviour from you. Indeed, my lord, the girl hath had a foolish education, neither adapted to her fortune nor her family. Her father, I am sorry to say it, is to blame for everything. The girl hath silly country notions of bashfulness. Nothing else, my lord, upon my honour; I am convinced she hath a good understanding at the bottom, and will be brought to reason.", "pos": 1781862}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "How, how! Miss Western, will you deny your receiving a letter from him yesterday?", "pos": 1786848}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "A letter, madam!", "pos": 1786949}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "It is not very well bred, miss, to repeat my words. I say a letter, and I insist upon your showing it me immediately.", "pos": 1787005}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I scorn a lie, madam. I did receive a letter, but it was without my desire, and, indeed, I may say, against my consent.", "pos": 1787145}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Indeed, indeed, miss, you ought to be ashamed of owning you had received it at all; but where is the letter? for I will see it.", "pos": 1787282}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Why, madam, must I of necessity be forced to marry at all? Consider how cruel you would have thought it in your own case, and how much kinder your parents were in leaving you to your liberty. What have I done to forfeit this liberty? I will never marry contrary to my father's consent, nor without asking yours----And when I ask the consent of either improperly, it will be then time enough to force some other marriage upon me.", "pos": 1788027}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Can I bear to hear this, from a girl who hath now a letter from a murderer in her pocket?", "pos": 1788458}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I have no such letter, I promise you, and, if he be a murderer, he will soon be in no condition to give you any further disturbance.", "pos": 1788571}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "How, Miss Western! have you the assurance to speak of him in this manner; to own your affection for such a villain to my face?", "pos": 1788725}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Sure, madam, you put a very strange construction on my words.", "pos": 1788871}
{"speaker": "Mrs Western", "text": "Indeed, Miss Western. I shall not bear this usage; you have learnt of your father this manner of treating me; he hath taught you to give me the lie. He hath totally ruined you by this false system of education; and, please heaven, he shall have the comfort of its fruits; for once more I declare to you, that to-morrow morning I will carry you back. I will withdraw all my forces from the field, and remain henceforth, like the wise king of Prussia, in a state of perfect neutrality. You are both too wise to be regulated by my measures; so prepare yourself, for to-morrow morning you shall evacuate this house.", "pos": 1788950}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "Come, my brave friend, be not too much dejected at what I am going to tell you----I am sorry I am the messenger of bad news; but I think it my duty to tell you.", "pos": 1790748}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I guess already what that bad news is. The poor gentleman then is dead.", "pos": 1790911}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "I hope not. He was alive this morning; though I will not flatter you; I fear, from the accounts I could get, that his wound is mortal. But if the affair be exactly as you told it, your own remorse would be all you would have reason to apprehend, let what would happen; but forgive me, my dear Tom, if I entreat you to make the worst of your story to your friends. If you disguise anything to us, you will only be an enemy to yourself.", "pos": 1791001}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "What reason, my dear Jack, have I ever given you, to stab me with so cruel a suspicion?", "pos": 1791462}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "Have patience, and I will tell you all. After the most diligent enquiry I could make, I at last met with two of the fellows who were present at this unhappy accident, and I am sorry to say, they do not relate the story so much in your favour as you yourself have told it.", "pos": 1791566}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Why, what do they say?", "pos": 1791861}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "Indeed what I am sorry to repeat, as I am afraid of the consequence of it to you. They say that they were at too great a distance to overhear any words that passed between you: but they both agree that the first blow was given by you.", "pos": 1791899}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Then, upon my soul, they injure me. He not only struck me first, but struck me without the least provocation. What should induce those villains to accuse me falsely?", "pos": 1792136}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "Nay, that I cannot guess, and if you yourself, and I, who am so heartily your friend, cannot conceive a reason why they should belie you, what reason will an indifferent court of justice be able to assign why they should not believe them? I repeated the question to them several times, and so did another gentleman who was present, who, I believe, is a seafaring man, and who really acted a very friendly part by you; for he begged them often to consider that there was the life of a man in the case; and asked them over and over, if they were certain; to which they both answered, that they were, and would abide by their evidence upon oath. For heaven's sake, my dear friend, recollect yourself; for, if this should appear to be the fact, it will be your business to think in time of making the best of your interest. I would not shock you; but you know, I believe, the severity of the law, whatever verbal provocations may have been given you.", "pos": 1792322}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Alas! my friend, what interest hath such a wretch as I? Besides, do you think I would even wish to live with the reputation of a murderer? If I had any friends (as, alas! I have none), could I have the confidence to solicit them to speak in the behalf of a man condemned for the blackest crime in human nature? Believe me, I have no such hope; but I have some reliance on a throne still greatly superior; which will, I am certain, afford me all the protection I merit. Well, my friend, I am now indifferent as to what shall happen, at least with regard to my life; and if it be the will of Heaven that I shall make an atonement with that for the blood I have spilt, I hope the Divine Goodness will one day suffer my honour to be cleared, and that the words of a dying man, at least, will be believed, so far as to justify his character. He knew no lady in the world whom he could possibly expect to see there.", "pos": 1793291}
{"speaker": "Mrs Waters", "text": "Nay, I do not wonder at your surprize; I believe you did not expect to see me; for few gentlemen are troubled here with visits from any lady, unless a wife. You see the power you have over me, Mr Jones. Indeed, I little thought, when we parted at Upton, that our next meeting would have been in such a place.", "pos": 1798127}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Indeed, madam. I must look upon this visit as kind; few will follow the miserable, especially to such dismal habitations.", "pos": 1798438}
{"speaker": "Mrs Waters", "text": "I protest, Mr Jones. I can hardly persuade myself you are the same agreeable fellow I saw at Upton. Why, your face is more miserable than any dungeon in the universe. What can be the matter with you?", "pos": 1798576}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I thought, madam, as you knew of my being here, you knew the unhappy reason.", "pos": 1798790}
{"speaker": "Mrs Waters", "text": "Pugh! you have pinked a man in a duel, that's all. Well, then, sir, if you take it so much to heart, I will relieve you; the gentleman is not dead, and, I am pretty confident, is in no danger of dying. The surgeon, indeed, who first dressed him was a young fellow, and seemed desirous of representing his case to be as bad as possible, that he might have the more honour from curing him: but the king's surgeon hath seen him since, and says, unless from a fever, of which there are at present no symptoms, he apprehends not the least danger of life. By the most extraordinary accident in the world I lodge at the same house; and have seen the gentleman, and I promise you he doth you justice, and says, whatever be the consequence, that he was entirely the aggressor, and that you was not in the least to blame.", "pos": 1798883}
{"speaker": "Mrs Waters", "text": "She doubted not but shortly to see him at liberty, and as lively a fellow as ever; and then. I don't question but your conscience will be safely delivered of all these qualms that it is now so sick in breeding.", "pos": 1800860}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "I hope, sir, you will not be angry with me. Indeed I did not listen, but I was obliged to stay in the outward room. I am sure I wish I had been a hundred miles off, rather than have heard what I have heard.", "pos": 1805958}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Why, what is the matter?", "pos": 1806185}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "The matter, sir? O good Heaven! was that woman who is just gone out the woman who was with you at Upton?", "pos": 1806224}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "She was, Partridge,", "pos": 1806353}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "And did you really, sir, go to bed with that woman?", "pos": 1806388}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I am afraid what past between us is no secret,", "pos": 1806463}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Nay, but pray, sir, for Heaven's sake, sir, answer me,", "pos": 1806525}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "You know I did,", "pos": 1806599}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Why then, the Lord have mercy upon your soul, and forgive you, but as sure as I stand here alive, you have been a-bed with your own mother.", "pos": 1806630}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "How! how! what's this you tell me?", "pos": 1807054}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Nay, sir. I have not breath enough left to tell you now, but what I have said is most certainly true.--That woman who now went out is your own mother. How unlucky was it for you, sir, that I did not happen to see her at that time, to have prevented it! Sure the devil himself must have contrived to bring about this wickedness.", "pos": 1807091}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Sure. Fortune will never have done with me till she hath driven me to distraction. But why do I blame Fortune? I am myself the cause of all my misery. All the dreadful mischiefs which have befallen me are the consequences only of my own folly and vice. What thou hast told me, Partridge, hath almost deprived me of my senses! And was Mrs Waters, then--but why do I ask? for thou must certainly know her--If thou hast any affection for me, nay, if thou hast any pity, let me beseech thee to fetch this miserable woman back again to me. O good Heavens! incest----with a mother! To what am I reserved!", "pos": 1807440}
{"speaker": "J. Waters", "text": "SIR. Since I left you I have seen a gentleman, from whom I have learned something concerning you which greatly surprizes and affects me; but as I have not at present leisure to communicate a matter of such high importance, you must suspend your curiosity till our next meeting, which shall be the first moment I am able to see you. O, Mr Jones, little did I think, when I past that happy day at Upton, the reflection upon which is like to embitter all my future life, who it was to whom I owed such perfect happiness. Believe me to be ever sincerely your unfortunate J. WATERS. P.S. I would have you comfort yourself as much as possible, for Mr Fitzpatrick is in no manner of danger; so that whatever other grievous crimes you may have to repent of, the guilt of blood is not among the number.", "pos": 1809267}
{"speaker": "George", "text": "Perhaps, sir, you may want a little matter of money upon this occasion; if you do, sir, what little I have is heartily at your service.", "pos": 1811587}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "He had not the least want of that kind.", "pos": 1811850}
{"speaker": "George", "text": "Come, come, my good master, do not take the matter so much to heart. Things may end better than you imagine; to be sure you an't the first gentleman who hath killed a man, and yet come off.", "pos": 1812078}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "You are wide of the matter, George, the gentleman is not dead, nor like to die. Don't disturb my master, at present, for he is troubled about a matter in which it is not in your power to do him any good.", "pos": 1812289}
{"speaker": "George", "text": "You don't know what I may be able to do, Mr Partridge, if his concern is about my young lady, I have some news to tell my master.", "pos": 1812513}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "What do you say, Mr George? Hath anything lately happened in which my Sophia is concerned? My Sophia! how dares such a wretch as I mention her so profanely.", "pos": 1812664}
{"speaker": "George", "text": "I hope she will be yours yet. Why yes, sir, I have something to tell you about her. Madam Western hath just brought Madam Sophia home, and there hath been a terrible to do. I could not possibly learn the very right of it; but my master he hath been in a vast big passion, and so was Madam Western, and I heard her say, as she went out of doors into her chair, that she would never set her foot in master's house again. I don't know what's the matter, not I, but everything was very quiet when I came out; but Robin, who waited at supper, said he had never seen the squire for a long while in such good humour with young madam; that he kissed her several times, and swore she should be her own mistress, and he never would think of confining her any more. I thought this news would please you, and so I slipped out, though it was so late, to inform you of it.", "pos": 1812838}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "It did greatly please him; for though he should never more presume to lift his eyes toward that incomparable creature, nothing could so much relieve his misery as the satisfaction he should always have in hearing of her welfare.", "pos": 1813746}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Whether he knew one George Seagrim, and upon what business he came to his house?", "pos": 1817270}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "Yes. I know him very well, and a most extraordinary fellow he is, who, in these days, hath been able to hoard up £500 from renting a very small estate of £30 a year.", "pos": 1817352}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "And is this the story which he hath told you?", "pos": 1817544}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "Nay, it is true, I promise you, for I have the money now in my own hands, in five bank-bills, which I am to lay out either in a mortgage, or in some purchase in the north of England.", "pos": 1817609}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "While my own family is happy, how miserable is the poor creature to whose generosity we owe the beginning of all this happiness!", "pos": 1820132}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "I think. I have discovered a pretty considerable treasure belonging to the young gentleman, your friend; but perhaps, indeed, his present situation may be such that it will be of no service to him.", "pos": 1820467}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "I hope not, sir.", "pos": 1820783}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "I hope so too, with all my heart; but my nephew told me this morning he had heard a very bad account of the affair.", "pos": 1820802}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "Good Heaven! sir. Well, I must not speak, and yet it is certainly very hard to be obliged to hold one's tongue when one hears.", "pos": 1820942}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Madam, you may say whatever you please, you know me too well to think I have a prejudice against any one; and as for that young man, I assure you I should be heartily pleased to find he could acquit himself of everything, and particularly of this sad affair. You can testify the affection I have formerly borne him. The world, I know, censured me for loving him so much. I did not withdraw that affection from him without thinking I had the justest cause. Believe me, Mrs Miller, I should be glad to find I have been mistaken.", "pos": 1821084}
{"speaker": "Dowling", "text": "He thought he might be indicted on the Black Act; but said, as it was a matter of some nicety, it would be proper to go to counsel. He said he was to attend counsel presently upon an affair of Mr Western's, and if Mr Allworthy pleased he would lay the case before them.", "pos": 1822187}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "I ask pardon, I did not know you had company;", "pos": 1822525}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "O sir! Mr Nightingale brings great news about poor Mr Jones: he hath been to see the wounded gentleman, who is out of all danger of death, and, what is more, declares he fell upon poor Mr Jones himself, and beat him. I am sure, sir, you would not have Mr Jones be a coward. If I was a man myself, I am sure, if any man was to strike me, I should draw my sword. Do pray, my dear, tell Mr Allworthy, tell him all yourself.", "pos": 1822906}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "To say the utmost good of Mr Allworthy, is doing no more than strict justice, and can have no merit in it: but indeed, I must say, no man can be more sensible of the obligations he hath to so good a man than is poor Jones. Indeed, sir, I am convinced the weight of your displeasure is the heaviest burthen he lies under. He hath often lamented it to me, and hath as often protested in the most solemn manner he hath never been intentionally guilty of any offence towards you; nay, he hath sworn he would rather die a thousand deaths than he would have his conscience upbraid him with one disrespectful, ungrateful, or undutiful thought towards you. But I ask pardon, sir, I am afraid I presume to intermeddle too far in so tender a point.", "pos": 1823709}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "You have spoke no more than what a Christian ought,", "pos": 1824471}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Indeed, Mr Nightingale. I applaud your generous friendship, and I wish he may merit it of you. I confess I am glad to hear the report you bring from this unfortunate gentleman; and, if that matter should turn out to be as you represent it (and, indeed, I doubt nothing of what you say), I may, perhaps, in time, be brought to think better than lately I have of this young man; for this good gentlewoman here, nay, all who know me, can witness that I loved him as dearly as if he had been my own son. Indeed, I have considered him as a child sent by fortune to my care. I still remember the innocent, the helpless situation in which I found him. I feel the tender pressure of his little hands at this moment. He was my darling, indeed he was.", "pos": 1824543}
{"speaker": "Mr Square", "text": "MY WORTHY FRIEND,--I informed you in my last that I was forbidden the use of the waters, as they were found by experience rather to increase than lessen the symptoms of my distemper. I must now acquaint you with a piece of news, which, I believe, will afflict my friends more than it hath afflicted me. Dr Harrington and Dr Brewster have informed me that there is no hopes of my recovery. I have somewhere read, that the great use of philosophy is to learn to die. I will not therefore so far disgrace mine as to shew any surprize at receiving a lesson which I must be thought to have so long studied. Yet, to say the truth, one page of the Gospel teaches this lesson better than all the volumes of antient or modern philosophers. The assurance it gives us of another life is a much stronger support to a good mind than all the consolations that are drawn from the necessity of nature, the emptiness or satiety of our enjoyments here, or any other topic of those declamations which are sometimes capable of arming our minds with a stubborn patience in bearing the thoughts of death, but never of raising them to a real contempt of it, and much less of making us think it is a real good. I would not here be understood to throw the horrid censure of atheism, or even the absolute denial of immortality, on all who are called philosophers. Many of that sect, as well antient as modern, have, from the light of reason, discovered some hopes of a future state; but in reality, that light was so faint and glimmering, and the hopes were so incertain and precarious, that it may be justly doubted on which side their belief turned. Plato himself concludes his Phaedon with declaring that his best arguments amount only to raise a probability; and Cicero himself seems rather to profess an inclination to believe, than any actual belief in the doctrines of immortality. As to myself, to be very sincere with you, I never was much in earnest in this faith till I was in earnest a Christian. You will perhaps wonder at the latter expression; but I assure you it hath not been till very lately that I could, with truth, call myself so. The pride of philosophy had intoxicated my reason, and the sublimest of all wisdom appeared to me, as it did to the Greeks of old, to be foolishness. God hath, however, been so gracious to shew me my error in time, and to bring me into the way of truth, before I sunk into utter darkness forever. I find myself beginning to grow weak, I shall therefore hasten to the main purpose of this letter. When I reflect on the actions of my past life, I know of nothing which sits heavier upon my conscience than the injustice I have been guilty of to that poor wretch your adopted son. I have, indeed, not only connived at the villany of others, but been myself active in injustice towards him. Believe me, my dear friend, when I tell you, on the word of a dying man, he hath been basely injured. As to the principal fact, upon the misrepresentation of which you discarded him, I solemnly assure you he is innocent. When you lay upon your supposed deathbed, he was the only person in the house who testified any real concern; and what happened afterwards arose from the wildness of his joy on your recovery; and, I am sorry to say it, from the baseness of another person (but it is my desire to justify the innocent, and to accuse none). Believe me, my friend, this young man hath the noblest generosity of heart, the most perfect capacity for friendship, the highest integrity, and indeed every virtue which can ennoble a man. He hath some faults, but among them is not to be numbered the least want of duty or gratitude towards you. On the contrary, I am satisfied, when you dismissed him from your house, his heart bled for you more than for himself. Worldly motives were the wicked and base reasons of my concealing this from you so long; to reveal it now I can have no inducement but the desire of serving the cause of truth, of doing right to the innocent, and of making all the amends in my power for a past offence. I hope this declaration, therefore, will have the effect desired, and will restore this deserving young man to your favour; the hearing of which, while I am yet alive, will afford the utmost consolation to. Your most obliged, obedient humble servant, THOMAS SQUARE.", "pos": 1826239}
{"speaker": "Thwackum", "text": "SIR. I am not at all surprized at hearing from your worthy nephew a fresh instance of the villany of Mr Square the atheist's young pupil. I shall not wonder at any murders he may commit; and I heartily pray that your own blood may not seal up his final commitment to the place of wailing and gnashing of teeth. Though you cannot want sufficient calls to repentance for the many unwarrantable weaknesses exemplified in your behaviour to this wretch, so much to the prejudice of your own lawful family, and of your character; I say, though these may sufficiently be supposed to prick and goad your conscience at this season, I should yet be wanting to my duty, if I spared to give you some admonition in order to bring you to a due sense of your errors. I therefore pray you seriously to consider the judgment which is likely to overtake this wicked villain; and let it serve at least as a warning to you, that you may not for the future despise the advice of one who is so indefatigable in his prayers for your welfare. Had not my hand been withheld from due correction, I had scourged much of this diabolical spirit out of a boy, of whom from his infancy I discovered the devil had taken such entire possession. But reflections of this kind now come too late. I am sorry you have given away the living of Westerton so hastily. I should have applied on that occasion earlier, had I thought you would not have acquainted me previous to the disposition.----Your objection to pluralities is being righteous over-much. If there were any crime in the practice, so many godly men would not agree to it. If the vicar of Aldergrove should die (as we hear he is in a declining way), I hope you will think of me, since I am certain you must be convinced of my most sincere attachment to your highest welfare--a welfare to which all worldly considerations are as trifling as the small tithes mentioned in Scripture are, when compared to the weighty matters of the law. Your faithful humble servant, ROGER THWACKUM.", "pos": 1830883}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "Yes, yes, sir, your goodness to this poor young man is known, notwithstanding all your care to conceal it; but there is not a single syllable of truth in what those villains said. Mr Nightingale hath now discovered the whole matter. It seems these fellows were employed by a lord, who is a rival of poor Mr Jones, to have pressed him on board a ship.--I assure them I don't know who they will press next. Mr Nightingale here hath seen the officer himself, who is a very pretty gentleman, and hath told him all, and is very sorry for what he undertook, which he would never have done, had he known Mr Jones to have been a gentleman; but he was told that he was a common strolling vagabond. Yes, sir. I believe you are.----It is a very different story, I believe, from what those fellows told this lawyer.", "pos": 1834186}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "What lawyer, madam? what is it you mean?", "pos": 1835094}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "Nay, nay, this is so like you to deny your own goodness: but Mr Nightingale here saw him.", "pos": 1835153}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Saw whom, madam?", "pos": 1835257}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "Why, your lawyer, sir, that you so kindly sent to enquire into the affair.", "pos": 1835289}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "I am still in the dark, upon my honour,", "pos": 1835378}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "Why then do you tell him, my dear sir,", "pos": 1835436}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "Indeed, sir. I did see that very lawyer who went from you when I came into the room, at an alehouse in Aldersgate, in company with two of the fellows who were employed by Lord Fellamar to press Mr Jones, and who were by that means present at the unhappy rencounter between him and Mr Fitzpatrick.", "pos": 1835488}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "I own, sir, when I saw this gentleman come into the room to you, I told Mr Nightingale that I apprehended you had sent him thither to inquire into the affair.", "pos": 1835807}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "I must confess myself, sir, more surprized at what you tell me than I have ever been before at anything in my whole life. Are you certain this was the gentleman?", "pos": 1836174}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "I am most certain,", "pos": 1836338}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "At Aldersgate? And was you in company with this lawyer and the two fellows?", "pos": 1836381}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "I was, sir, very near half an hour.", "pos": 1836479}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Well, sir, and in what manner did the lawyer behave? did you hear all that past between him and the fellows?", "pos": 1836535}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "No, sir, they had been together before I came.--In my presence the lawyer said little; but, after I had several times examined the fellows, who persisted in a story directly contrary to what I had heard from Mr Jones, and which I find by Mr Fitzpatrick was a rank falshood, the lawyer then desired the fellows to say nothing but what was the truth, and seemed to speak so much in favour of Mr Jones, that, when I saw the same person with you, I concluded your goodness had prompted you to send him thither.", "pos": 1836664}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "And did you not send him thither?", "pos": 1837198}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Indeed I did not, nor did I know he had gone on such an errand till this moment.", "pos": 1837252}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "I see it all! upon my soul, I see it all! No wonder they have been closeted so close lately. Son Nightingale, let me beg you run for these fellows immediately----find them out if they are above-ground. I will go myself", "pos": 1837358}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Dear madam, be patient, and do me the favour to send a servant upstairs to call Mr Dowling hither, if he be in the house, or, if not, Mr Blifil.", "pos": 1837599}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "That Mr Dowling was gone; but that the t'other, was coming.", "pos": 1837855}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Whether he knew anything of Mr Dowling's having seen any of the persons who were present at the duel between Jones and another gentleman?", "pos": 1838275}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "Guilty, upon my honour! guilty, upon my soul!", "pos": 1839325}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Why do you hesitate, sir, at giving me an answer? You certainly must have employed him; for he would not, of his own accord, I believe, have undertaken such an errand, and especially without acquainting me.", "pos": 1839500}
{"speaker": "Blifil", "text": "I own, sir, I have been guilty of an offence, yet may I hope your pardon?", "pos": 1839731}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "My pardon,", "pos": 1839808}
{"speaker": "Blifil", "text": "Nay, sir. I knew you would be offended; yet surely my dear uncle will forgive the effects of the most amiable of human weaknesses. Compassion for those who do not deserve it, I own is a crime; and yet it is a crime from which you yourself are not entirely free. I know I have been guilty of it in more than one instance to this very person; and I will own I did send Mr Dowling, not on a vain and fruitless enquiry, but to discover the witnesses, and to endeavour to soften their evidence. This, sir, is the truth; which, though I intended to conceal from you, I will not deny.", "pos": 1839852}
{"speaker": "Nightingale", "text": "this is the light in which it appeared to me from the gentleman's behaviour.", "pos": 1840482}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Now, madam. I believe you will once in your life own you have entertained a wrong suspicion, and are not so angry with my nephew as you was.", "pos": 1840561}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "He did not only forgive the extraordinary efforts of his good-nature, but would give him the pleasure of following his example. What say you, madam? shall we take a hackney-coach, and all of us together pay a visit to your friend? I promise you it is not the first visit I have made in a prison.", "pos": 1841999}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "For, the matter must at all hazards be kept a secret from him; and if he should now go, he will find Mr Jones and his mother, who arrived just as I left him, lamenting over one another the horrid crime they have ignorantly committed.", "pos": 1843159}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "I am sure, sir, you will be surprized at hearing any objection from me to the kind proposal you just now made; and yet I am afraid of the consequence of it, if carried immediately into execution. You must imagine, sir, that all the calamities which have lately befallen this poor young fellow must have thrown him into the lowest dejection of spirits; and now, sir, should we all on a sudden fling him into such a violent fit of joy, as I know your presence will occasion, it may, I am afraid, produce some fatal mischief, especially as his servant, who is without, tells me he is very far from being well.", "pos": 1843659}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Is his servant without? pray call him hither. I will ask him some questions concerning his master.", "pos": 1844268}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "And are you, the servant of Mr Jones?", "pos": 1844961}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "I can't say, sir, that I am regularly a servant, but I live with him, an't please your honour, at present. Non sum qualis eram, as your honour very well knows.", "pos": 1845032}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Sure, friend,", "pos": 1845934}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "I see, sir, that your honour is prepossessed against me, and resolved not to believe anything I say, and, therefore, what signifies my protestations? but yet there is one above who knows that I am not the father of this young man.", "pos": 1846270}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "How! will you yet deny what you was formerly convicted of upon such unanswerable, such manifest evidence? Nay, what a confirmation is your being now found with this very man, of all which twenty years ago appeared against you! I thought you had left the country! nay, I thought you had been long since dead.--In what manner did you know anything of this young man? Where did you meet with him, unless you had kept some correspondence together? Do not deny this; for I promise you it will greatly raise your son in my opinion, to find that he hath such a sense of filial duty as privately to support his father for so many years.", "pos": 1846550}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "If your honour will have patience to hear me. I will tell you all.", "pos": 1847199}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "You need not be so particular. I know this gentleman, and a very worthy man he is, and an honour to his profession.", "pos": 1849040}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Well, sir, from hence I removed to Lymington, where I was above three years in the service of another lawyer, who was likewise a very good sort of a man, and to be sure one of the merriest gentlemen in England. Well, sir, at the end of the three years I set up a little school, and was likely to do well again, had it not been for a most unlucky accident. Here I kept a pig; and one day, as ill fortune would have it, this pig broke out, and did a trespass, I think they call it, in a garden belonging to one of my neighbours, who was a proud, revengeful man, and employed a lawyer, one--one--I can't think of his name; but he sent for a writ against me, and had me to size. When I came there, Lord have mercy upon me--to hear what the counsellors said! There was one that told my lord a parcel of the confoundedest lies about me; he said that I used to drive my hogs into other folk's gardens, and a great deal more; and at last he said, he hoped I had at last brought my hogs to a fair market. To be sure, one would have thought that, instead of being owner only of one poor little pig, I had been the greatest hog-merchant in England. Well--", "pos": 1849177}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Pray, do not be so particular, I have heard nothing of your son yet.", "pos": 1850347}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "O it was a great many years, before I saw my son, as you are pleased to call him.----I went over to Ireland after this, and taught school at Cork (for that one suit ruined me again, and I lay seven years in Winchester jail).", "pos": 1850436}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Well, pass that over till your return to England.", "pos": 1850686}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Then, sir, it was about half a year ago that I landed at Bristol, where I staid some time, and not finding it do there, and hearing of a place between that and Gloucester where the barber was just dead, I went thither, and there I had been about two months when Mr Jones came thither. Now, sir, I have told your honour the whole truth. That he was no more the father of Jones than of the Pope of Rome;", "pos": 1850757}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "What am I to think of this matter? For what purpose should you so strongly deny a fact which I think it would be rather your interest to own?", "pos": 1851637}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Nay, sir, if your honour will not believe me, you are like soon to have satisfaction enough. I wish you had mistaken the mother of this young man, as well as you have his father.", "pos": 1851800}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Good heavens!", "pos": 1852364}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "Here, sir, here is the very woman herself. This is the unfortunate mother of Mr Jones. I am sure she will acquit me before your honour. Pray, madam----", "pos": 1852668}
{"speaker": "Mrs Waters", "text": "I believe, sir, it is so long since I had the honour of seeing you, that you do not recollect me.", "pos": 1852954}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Indeed, you are so very much altered, on many accounts, that had not this man already acquainted me who you are, I should not have immediately called you to my remembrance. Have you, madam, any particular business which brings you to me?", "pos": 1853054}
{"speaker": "Mrs Waters", "text": "Indeed, sir, I have very particular business with you; and it is such as I can impart only to yourself. I must desire, therefore, the favour of a word with you alone: for I assure you what I have to tell you is of the utmost importance. You need be under no apprehension, sir; I shall satisfy Mr Allworthy very perfectly of that matter.", "pos": 1853551}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "I am sorry, madam, to perceive, by what I have since heard, that you have made so very ill a use----", "pos": 1854292}
{"speaker": "Mrs Waters", "text": "Mr Allworthy. I know I have faults, but ingratitude to you is not one of them. I never can nor shall forget your goodness, which I own I have very little deserved; but be pleased to wave all upbraiding me at present, as I have so important an affair to communicate to you concerning this young man, to whom you have given my maiden name of Jones.", "pos": 1854395}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Have I then, ignorantly punished an innocent man, in the person of him who hath just left us? Was he not the father of the child?", "pos": 1854774}
{"speaker": "Mrs Waters", "text": "Indeed he was not. You may be pleased to remember, sir, I formerly told you, you should one day know; and I acknowledge myself to have been guilty of a cruel neglect, in not having discovered it to you before. Indeed, I little knew how necessary it was.", "pos": 1854924}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Well, madam, be pleased to proceed.", "pos": 1855199}
{"speaker": "Mrs Waters", "text": "You must remember, sir, a young fellow, whose name was Summer.", "pos": 1855255}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Very well, he was the son of a clergyman of great learning and virtue, for whom I had the highest friendship.", "pos": 1855332}
{"speaker": "Mrs Waters", "text": "So it appeared, sir, for I believe you bred the young man up, and maintained him at the university; where, I think, he had finished his studies, when he came to reside at your house; a finer man, I must say, the sun never shone upon; for, besides the handsomest person I ever saw, he was so genteel, and had so much wit and good breeding.", "pos": 1855463}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Poor gentleman, he was indeed untimely snatched away; and little did I think he had any sins of this kind to answer for; for I plainly perceive you are going to tell me he was the father of your child. How! to what then tends all this preface?", "pos": 1855838}
{"speaker": "Mrs Waters", "text": "To a story, which I am concerned falls to my lot to unfold to you. O, sir! prepare to hear something which will surprize you, will grieve you.", "pos": 1856159}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Speak. I am conscious of no crime, and cannot be afraid to hear.", "pos": 1856304}
{"speaker": "Mrs Waters", "text": "Sir, that Mr Summer, the son of your friend, educated at your expense, who, after living a year in the house as if he had been your own son, died there of the small-pox, was tenderly lamented by you, and buried as if he had been your own; that Summer, sir, was the father of this child.", "pos": 1856401}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "How! you contradict yourself.", "pos": 1856690}
{"speaker": "Mrs Waters", "text": "he was indeed the father of this child, but not by me.", "pos": 1856771}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Take care, madam, do not, to shun the imputation of any crime, be guilty of falshood. Remember there is One from whom you can conceal nothing, and before whose tribunal falshood will only aggravate your guilt.", "pos": 1856846}
{"speaker": "Mrs Waters", "text": "Indeed, sir, I am not his mother; nor would I now think myself so for the world.", "pos": 1857058}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "I know your reason, and shall rejoice as much as you to find it otherwise; yet you must remember, you yourself confest it before me.", "pos": 1857171}
{"speaker": "Mrs Waters", "text": "So far what I confest was true, that these hands conveyed the infant to your bed; conveyed it thither at the command of its mother; at her commands I afterwards owned it, and thought myself, by her generosity, nobly rewarded, both for my secrecy and my shame.", "pos": 1857319}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Who could this woman be?", "pos": 1857581}
{"speaker": "Mrs Waters", "text": "Indeed, I tremble to name her.", "pos": 1857624}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "By all this preparation I am to guess that she was a relation of mine,", "pos": 1857678}
{"speaker": "Mrs Waters", "text": "You had a sister, sir.", "pos": 1857843}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "A sister!", "pos": 1857868}
{"speaker": "Mrs Waters", "text": "your sister was the mother of that child you found between your sheets.", "pos": 1857952}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Can it be possible? Good heavens!", "pos": 1858026}
{"speaker": "Mrs Waters", "text": "Have patience, sir, and I will unfold to you the whole story. Just after your departure for London, Miss Bridget came one day to the house of my mother. She was pleased to say she had heard an extraordinary character of me, for my learning and superior understanding to all the young women there, so she was pleased to say. She then bid me come to her to the great house; where, when I attended, she employed me to read to her. She expressed great satisfaction in my reading, shewed great kindness to me, and made me many presents. At last she began to catechise me on the subject of secrecy, to which I gave her such satisfactory answers, that, at last, having locked the door of her room, she took me into her closet, and then locking that door likewise, she said she should convince me of the vast reliance she had on my integrity, by communicating a secret in which her honour, and consequently her life, was concerned. She then stopt, and after a silence of a few minutes, during which she often wiped her eyes, she enquired of me if I thought my mother might safely be confided in. I answered, I would stake my life on her fidelity. She then imparted to me the great secret which laboured in her breast, and which, I believe, was delivered with more pains than she afterwards suffered in child-birth. It was then contrived that my mother and myself only should attend at the time, and that Mrs Wilkins should be sent out of the way, as she accordingly was, to the very furthest part of Dorsetshire, to enquire the character of a servant; for the lady had turned away her own maid near three months before; during all which time I officiated about her person upon trial, as she said, though, as she afterwards declared, I was not sufficiently handy for the place. This, and many other such things which she used to say of me, were all thrown out to prevent any suspicion which Wilkins might hereafter have, when I was to own the child; for she thought it could never be believed she would venture to hurt a young woman with whom she had intrusted such a secret. You may be assured, sir, I was well paid for all these affronts, which, together with being informed with the occasion of them, very well contented me. Indeed, the lady had a greater suspicion of Mrs Wilkins than of any other person; not that she had the least aversion to the gentlewoman, but she thought her incapable of keeping a secret, especially from you, sir; for I have often heard Miss Bridget say, that, if Mrs Wilkins had committed a murder, she believed she would acquaint you with it. At last the expected day came, and Mrs Wilkins, who had been kept a week in readiness, and put off from time to time, upon some pretence or other, that she might not return too soon, was dispatched. Then the child was born, in the presence only of myself and my mother, and was by my mother conveyed to her own house, where it was privately kept by her till the evening of your return, when I, by the command of Miss Bridget, conveyed it into the bed where you found it. And all suspicions were afterwards laid asleep by the artful conduct of your sister, in pretending ill-will to the boy, and that any regard she shewed him was out of meer complacence to you. Thus, sir, you have at last discovered your nephew; for so I am sure you will hereafter think him, and I question not but he will be both an honour and a comfort to you under that appellation.", "pos": 1858093}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "I need not, madam, express my astonishment at what you have told me; and yet surely you would not, and could not, have put together so many circumstances to evidence an untruth. I confess I recollect some passages relating to that Summer, which formerly gave me a conceit that my sister had some liking to him. I mentioned it to her; for I had such a regard to the young man, as well on his own account as on his father's, that I should willingly have consented to a match between them; but she exprest the highest disdain of my unkind suspicion, as she called it; so that I never spoke more on the subject. Good heavens! Well! the Lord disposeth all things.--Yet sure it was a most unjustifiable conduct in my sister to carry this secret with her out of the world.", "pos": 1861628}
{"speaker": "Mrs Waters", "text": "she always profest a contrary intention, and frequently told me she intended one day to communicate it to you. She said, indeed, she was highly rejoiced that her plot had succeeded so well, and that you had of your own accord taken such a fancy to the child, that it was yet unnecessary to make any express declaration. Oh! sir, had that lady lived to have seen this poor young man turned like a vagabond from your house: nay, sir, could she have lived to hear that you had yourself employed a lawyer to prosecute him for a murder of which he was not guilty----Forgive me, Mr Allworthy, I must say it was unkind.--Indeed, you have been abused, he never deserved it of you.", "pos": 1862435}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Indeed, madam, I have been abused by the person, whoever he was, that told you so.", "pos": 1863110}
{"speaker": "Mrs Waters", "text": "Nay, sir, I would not be mistaken, I did not presume to say you were guilty of any wrong. The gentleman who came to me proposed no such matter; he only said, taking me for Mr Fitzpatrick's wife, that, if Mr Jones had murdered my husband, I should be assisted with any money I wanted to carry on the prosecution, by a very worthy gentleman, who, he said, was well apprized what a villain I had to deal with. It was by this man I found out who Mr Jones was; and this man, whose name is Dowling, Mr Jones tells me is your steward. I discovered his name by a very odd accident; for he himself refused to tell it me; but Partridge, who met him at my lodgings the second time he came, knew him formerly at Salisbury.", "pos": 1863225}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "And did this Mr Dowling tell you that I would assist in the prosecution?", "pos": 1863938}
{"speaker": "Mrs Waters", "text": "No, sir, I will not charge him wrongfully. He said I should be assisted, but he mentioned no name. Yet you must pardon me, sir, if from circumstances I thought it could be no other.", "pos": 1864093}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Indeed, madam, from circumstances I am too well convinced it was another. Good Heaven! by what wonderful means is the blackest and deepest villany sometimes discovered!--Shall I beg you, madam, to stay till the person you have mentioned comes, for I expect him every minute? nay, he may be, perhaps, already in the house.", "pos": 1864296}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Fine doings at my house! A rare kettle of fish I have discovered at last! who the devil would be plagued with a daughter?", "pos": 1865007}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "What's the matter, neighbour?", "pos": 1865131}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Matter enough, when I thought she was just a coming to; nay, when she had in a manner promised me to do as I would ha her, and when I was a hoped to have had nothing more to do than to have sent for the lawyer, and finished all; what do you think I have found out? that the little b-- hath bin playing tricks with me all the while, and carrying on a correspondence with that bastard of yours. Sister Western, whom I have quarrelled with upon her account, sent me word o't, and I ordered her pockets to be searched when she was asleep, and here I have got un signed with the son of a whore's own name. I have not had patience to read half o't, for 'tis longer than one of parson Supple's sermons; but I find plainly it is all about love; and indeed what should it be else? I have packed her up in chamber again, and to-morrow morning down she goes into the country, unless she consents to be married directly, and there she shall live in a garret upon bread and water all her days; and the sooner such a b-- breaks her heart the better, though, d--n her, that I believe is too tough. She will live long enough to plague me.", "pos": 1865199}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Mr Western, you know I have always protested against force, and you yourself consented that none should be used.", "pos": 1866346}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Ay, that was only upon condition that she would consent without. What the devil and doctor Faustus! shan't I do what I will with my own daughter, especially when I desire nothing but her own good?", "pos": 1866473}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Well, neighbour, if you will give me leave, I will undertake once to argue with the young lady.", "pos": 1866672}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Will you? why that is kind now, and neighbourly, and mayhap you will do more than I have been able to do with her; for I promise you she hath a very good opinion of you.", "pos": 1866808}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Well, sir, if you will go home, and release the young lady from her captivity, I will wait upon her within this half-hour.", "pos": 1866998}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "But suppose she should run away with un in the meantime? For lawyer Dowling tells me there is no hopes of hanging the fellow at last; for that the man is alive, and like to do well, and that he thinks Jones will be out of prison again presently.", "pos": 1867140}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "How! what, did you employ him then to enquire or to do anything in that matter?", "pos": 1867406}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Not I, he mentioned it to me just now of his own accord.", "pos": 1867508}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Just now! why, where did you see him then? I want much to see Mr Dowling.", "pos": 1867586}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Why, you may see un an you will presently at my lodgings; for there is to be a meeting of lawyers there this morning about a mortgage. 'Icod! I shall lose two or dree thousand pounds, I believe, by that honest gentleman, Mr Nightingale.", "pos": 1867662}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Well, sir, I will be with you within the half-hour.", "pos": 1867919}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "And do for once, take a fool's advice; never think of dealing with her by gentle methods, take my word for it those will never do. I have tried 'um long enough. She must be frightened into it, there is no other way. Tell her I'm her father; and of the horrid sin of disobedience, and of the dreadful punishment of it in t'other world, and then tell her about being locked up all her life in a garret in this, and being kept only on bread and water.", "pos": 1867993}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "I will do all I can; for I promise you there is nothing I wish for more than an alliance with this amiable creature.", "pos": 1868444}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Nay, the girl is well enough for matter o' that; a man may go farther and meet with worse meat; that I may declare o'her, thof she be my own daughter. And if she will but be obedient to me, there is narrow a father within a hundred miles o' the place, that loves a daughter better than I do; but I see you are busy with the lady here, so I will go huome and expect you; and so your humble servant.", "pos": 1868581}
{"speaker": "Mrs Waters", "text": "I see, sir, the squire hath not the least remembrance of my face. I believe, Mr Allworthy, you would not have known me neither. I am very considerably altered since that day when you so kindly gave me that advice, which I had been happy had I followed.", "pos": 1869048}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Indeed, madam, it gave me great concern when I first heard the contrary.", "pos": 1869303}
{"speaker": "Mrs Waters", "text": "Indeed, sir. I was ruined by a very deep scheme of villany, which if you knew, though I pretend not to think it would justify me in your opinion, it would at least mitigate my offence, and induce you to pity me: you are not now at leisure to hear my whole story; but this I assure you, I was betrayed by the most solemn promises of marriage; nay, in the eye of heaven I was married to him; for, after much reading on the subject, I am convinced that particular ceremonies are only requisite to give a legal sanction to marriage, and have only a worldly use in giving a woman the privileges of a wife; but that she who lives constant to one man, after a solemn private affiance, whatever the world may call her, hath little to charge on her own conscience.", "pos": 1869397}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "I am sorry, madam, you made so ill a use of your learning. Indeed, it would have been well that you had been possessed of much more, or had remained in a state of ignorance. And yet, madam, I am afraid you have more than this sin to answer for.", "pos": 1870167}
{"speaker": "Mrs Waters", "text": "During his life, which was above a dozen years, I most solemnly assure you I had not. And consider, sir, on my behalf, what is in the power of a woman stript of her reputation and left destitute; whether the good-natured world will suffer such a stray sheep to return to the road of virtue, even if she was never so desirous. I protest, then, I would have chose it had it been in my power; but necessity drove me into the arms of Captain Waters, with whom, though still unmarried, I lived as a wife for many years, and went by his name. I parted with this gentleman at Worcester, on his march against the rebels, and it was then I accidentally met with Mr Jones, who rescued me from the hands of a villain. Indeed, he is the worthiest of men. No young gentleman of his age is, I believe, freer from vice, and few have the twentieth part of his virtues; nay, whatever vices he hath had, I am firmly persuaded he hath now taken a resolution to abandon them.", "pos": 1870432}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "I hope he hath. I hope he hath, and I hope he will preserve that resolution. I must say, I have still the same hopes with regard to yourself. The world, I do agree, are apt to be too unmerciful on these occasions; yet time and perseverance will get the better of this their disinclination, as I may call it, to pity; for though they are not, like heaven, ready to receive a penitent sinner; yet a continued repentance will at length obtain mercy even with the world. This you may be assured of, Mrs Waters, that whenever I find you are sincere in such good intentions, you shall want no assistance in my power to make them effectual.", "pos": 1871406}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Whatever be your haste, sir, I must first receive an answer to some questions. Do you know this lady?", "pos": 1873202}
{"speaker": "Dowling", "text": "That lady, sir!", "pos": 1873307}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Look you, Mr Dowling, as you value my favour, or your continuance a moment longer in my service, do not hesitate nor prevaricate; but answer faithfully and truly to every question I ask.----Do you know this lady?", "pos": 1873416}
{"speaker": "Dowling", "text": "Yes, sir. I have seen the lady.", "pos": 1873632}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Where, sir?", "pos": 1873682}
{"speaker": "Dowling", "text": "At her own lodgings.", "pos": 1873696}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Upon what business did you go thither, sir; and who sent you?", "pos": 1873720}
{"speaker": "Dowling", "text": "I went, sir, to enquire, sir, about Mr Jones.", "pos": 1873784}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "And who sent you to enquire about him?", "pos": 1873832}
{"speaker": "Dowling", "text": "Who, sir? why, sir, Mr Blifil sent me.", "pos": 1873873}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "And what did you say to the lady concerning that matter?", "pos": 1873914}
{"speaker": "Dowling", "text": "Nay, sir, it is impossible to recollect every word.", "pos": 1873973}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Will you please, madam, to assist the gentleman's memory?", "pos": 1874027}
{"speaker": "Mrs Waters", "text": "He told me, sir, that if Mr Jones had murdered my husband, I should be assisted by any money I wanted to carry on the prosecution, by a very worthy gentleman, who was well apprized what a villain I had to deal with. These, I can safely swear, were the very words he spoke.", "pos": 1874087}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Were these the words, sir?", "pos": 1874382}
{"speaker": "Dowling", "text": "I cannot charge my memory exactly, but I believe I did speak to that purpose.", "pos": 1874427}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "And did Mr Blifil order you to say so?", "pos": 1874525}
{"speaker": "Dowling", "text": "I am sure, sir, I should not have gone on my own accord, nor have willingly exceeded my authority in matters of this kind. If I said so, I must have so understood Mr Blifil's instructions.", "pos": 1874566}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Look you, Mr Dowling. I promise you before this lady, that whatever you have done in this affair by Mr Blifil's order I will forgive, provided you now tell me strictly the truth; for I believe what you say, that you would not have acted of your own accord and without authority in this matter.----Mr Blifil then likewise sent you to examine the two fellows at Aldersgate?", "pos": 1874757}
{"speaker": "Dowling", "text": "He did, sir.", "pos": 1875150}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Well, and what instructions did he then give you? Recollect as well as you can, and tell me, as near as possible, the very words he used.", "pos": 1875165}
{"speaker": "Dowling", "text": "Why, sir, Mr Blifil sent me to find out the persons who were eye-witnesses of this fight. He said, he feared they might be tampered with by Mr Jones, or some of his friends. He said, blood required blood; and that not only all who concealed a murderer, but those who omitted anything in their power to bring him to justice, were sharers in his guilt. He said, he found you was very desirous of having the villain brought to justice, though it was not proper you should appear in it.", "pos": 1875306}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "He did so?", "pos": 1875791}
{"speaker": "Dowling", "text": "Yes, sir. I should not, I am sure, have proceeded such lengths for the sake of any other person living but your worship.", "pos": 1875821}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "What lengths, sir?", "pos": 1875962}
{"speaker": "Dowling", "text": "Nay, sir. I would not have your worship think I would, on any account, be guilty of subornation of perjury; but there are two ways of delivering evidence. I told them, therefore, that if any offers should be made them on the other side, they should refuse them, and that they might be assured they should lose nothing by being honest men, and telling the truth. I said, we were told that Mr Jones had assaulted the gentleman first, and that, if that was the truth, they should declare it; and I did give them some hints that they should be no losers.", "pos": 1876000}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "I think you went lengths indeed,", "pos": 1876571}
{"speaker": "Dowling", "text": "Nay, sir. I am sure I did not desire them to tell an untruth;----nor should I have said what I did, unless it had been to oblige you.", "pos": 1876624}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "You would not have thought, I believe, to have obliged me, had you known that this Mr Jones was my own nephew.", "pos": 1876781}
{"speaker": "Dowling", "text": "I am sure, sir, it did not become me to take any notice of what I thought you desired to conceal.", "pos": 1876913}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "How! and did you know it then?", "pos": 1877029}
{"speaker": "Dowling", "text": "Nay, sir, if your worship bids me speak the truth, I am sure I shall do it.--Indeed, sir, I did know it; for they were almost the last words which Madam Blifil ever spoke, which she mentioned to me as I stood alone by her bedside, when she delivered me the letter I brought your worship from her.", "pos": 1877082}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "What letter?", "pos": 1877402}
{"speaker": "Dowling", "text": "The letter, sir, which I brought from Salisbury, and which I delivered into the hands of Mr Blifil.", "pos": 1877435}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "O heavens! Well, and what were the words? What did my sister say to you?", "pos": 1877558}
{"speaker": "Dowling", "text": "She took me by the hand, and, as she delivered me the letter, said, `I scarce know what I have written. Tell my brother, Mr Jones is his nephew--He is my son.--Bless him,' says she, and then fell backward, as if dying away. I presently called in the people, and she never spoke more to me, and died within a few minutes afterwards.", "pos": 1877653}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "How came you, sir, not to deliver me this message?", "pos": 1878093}
{"speaker": "Dowling", "text": "Your worship, must remember that you was at that time ill in bed; and, being in a violent hurry, as indeed I always am, I delivered the letter and message to Mr Blifil, who told me he would carry them both to you, which he hath since told me he did, and that your worship, partly out of friendship to Mr Jones, and partly out of regard to your sister, would never have it mentioned, and did intend to conceal it from the world; and therefore, sir, if you had not mentioned it to me first, I am certain I should never have thought it belonged to me to say anything of the matter, either to your worship or any other person.", "pos": 1878146}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "O! sir, I find this wicked woman hath been with you, and you know all; yet do not on this account abandon the poor young man. Consider, sir, he was ignorant it was his own mother; and the discovery itself will most probably break his heart, without your unkindness.", "pos": 1879989}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Madam. I am under such an astonishment at what I have heard, that I am really unable to satisfy you; but come with me into my room. Indeed, Mrs Miller, I have made surprizing discoveries, and you shall soon know them. What reward shall I bestow upon this gentlewoman, for the services she hath done me?--O! Mrs Miller, you have a thousand times heard me call the young man to whom you are so faithful a friend, my son. Little did I then think he was indeed related to me at all.--Your friend, madam, is my nephew; he is the brother of that wicked viper which I have so long nourished in my bosom.--She will herself tell you the whole story, and how the youth came to pass for her son. Indeed, Mrs Miller, I am convinced that he hath been wronged, and that I have been abused; abused by one whom you too justly suspected of being a villain. He is, in truth, the worst of villains.", "pos": 1880257}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "And is my dear Mr Jones then your nephew, sir, and not the son of this lady? And are your eyes opened to him at last? And shall I live to see him as happy as he deserves?", "pos": 1881587}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "He certainly is my nephew, and I hope all the rest.", "pos": 1881760}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "And is this the dear good woman, the person, to whom all this discovery is owing?", "pos": 1881833}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "She is indeed, says Allworthy.", "pos": 1881931}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "Why, then, may Heaven shower down its choicest blessings upon her head, and for this one good action forgive her all her sins, be they never so many!", "pos": 1881965}
{"speaker": "Mrs Waters", "text": "I believe Jones would very shortly be released; for that the surgeon was gone, in company with a nobleman, to the justice who committed him, in order to certify that Mr Fitzpatrick was out of all manner of danger, and to procure his prisoner his liberty.", "pos": 1882190}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Harkee, sir, do you find out, before my return, the letter which your mother sent me on her death-bed.", "pos": 1883127}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "I am afraid, Miss Western, my family hath been the occasion of giving you some uneasiness; to which, I fear, I have innocently become more instrumental than I intended. Be assured, madam, had I at first known how disagreeable the proposals had been, I should not have suffered you to have been so long persecuted. I hope, therefore, you will not think the design of this visit is to trouble you with any further solicitations of that kind, but entirely to relieve you from them.", "pos": 1884039}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Sir, this behaviour is most kind and generous, and such as I could expect only from Mr Allworthy; but as you have been so kind to mention this matter, you will pardon me for saying it hath, indeed, given me great uneasiness, and hath been the occasion of my suffering much cruel treatment from a father who was, till that unhappy affair, the tenderest and fondest of all parents. I am convinced, sir, you are too good and generous to resent my refusal of your nephew. Our inclinations are not in our own power; and whatever may be his merit, I cannot force them in his favour.", "pos": 1884519}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "I assure you, most amiable young lady. I am capable of no such resentment, had the person been my own son, and had I entertained the highest esteem for him. For you say truly, madam, we cannot force our inclinations, much less can they be directed by another.", "pos": 1885146}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Oh! sir, every word you speak proves you deserve that good, that great, that benevolent character the whole world allows you. I assure you, sir, nothing less than the certain prospect of future misery could have made me resist the commands of my father.", "pos": 1885426}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "I sincerely believe you, madam, and I heartily congratulate you on your prudent foresight, since by so justifiable a resistance you have avoided misery indeed!", "pos": 1885701}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "You speak now, Mr Allworthy, with a delicacy which few men are capable of feeling! but surely, in my opinion, to lead our lives with one to whom we are indifferent must be a state of wretchedness.----Perhaps that wretchedness would be even increased by a sense of the merits of an object to whom we cannot give our affections. If I had married Mr Blifil--", "pos": 1885884}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Pardon my interrupting you, madam, but I cannot bear the supposition.--Believe me, Miss Western, I rejoice from my heart, I rejoice in your escape.--I have discovered the wretch for whom you have suffered all this cruel violence from your father to be a villain.", "pos": 1886255}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "How, sir! you must believe this surprizes me.", "pos": 1886542}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "It hath surprized me, madam, and so it will the world.----But I have acquainted you with the real truth.", "pos": 1886607}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Nothing but truth, can, I am convinced, come from the lips of Mr Allworthy.----Yet, sir, such sudden, such unexpected news.----Discovered, you say----may villany be ever so!", "pos": 1886736}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "You will soon enough hear the story, at present let us not mention so detested a name.--I have another matter of a very serious nature to propose.--O! Miss Western, I know your vast worth, nor can I so easily part with the ambition of being allied to it.--I have a near relation, madam, a young man whose character is, I am convinced, the very opposite to that of this wretch, and whose fortune I will make equal to what his was to have been. Could I, madam, hope you would admit a visit from him?", "pos": 1886928}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I will deal with the utmost sincerity with Mr Allworthy. His character, and the obligation I have just received from him, demand it. I have determined at present to listen to no such proposals from any person. My only desire is to be restored to the affection of my father, and to be again the mistress of his family. This, sir, I hope to owe to your good offices. Let me beseech you, let me conjure you, by all the goodness which I, and all who know you, have experienced, do not, the very moment when you have released me from one persecution, do not engage me in another as miserable and as fruitless.", "pos": 1887492}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Indeed, Miss Western. I am capable of no such conduct; and if this be your resolution, he must submit to the disappointment, whatever torments he may suffer under it.", "pos": 1888099}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I must smile now, Mr Allworthy, when you mention the torments of a man whom I do not know, and who can consequently have so little acquaintance with me.", "pos": 1888289}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Pardon me, dear young lady. I begin now to be afraid he hath had too much acquaintance for the repose of his future days; since, if ever man was capable of a sincere, violent, and noble passion, such, I am convinced, is my unhappy nephew's for Miss Western.", "pos": 1888463}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "A nephew of your's, Mr Allworthy! It is surely strange. I never heard of him before.", "pos": 1888742}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Indeed, madam, it is only the circumstance of his being my nephew to which you are a stranger, and which, till this day, was a secret to me.--Mr Jones, who has long loved you, he! he is my nephew!", "pos": 1888848}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Mr Jones your nephew, sir! can it be possible?", "pos": 1889066}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "He is, indeed, madam, he is my own sister's son--as such I shall always own him; nor am I ashamed of owning him. I am much more ashamed of my past behaviour to him; but I was as ignorant of his merit as of his birth. Indeed, Miss Western, I have used him cruelly----Indeed I have. I never shall be able to reward him for his sufferings without your assistance.----Believe me, most amiable young lady, I must have a great esteem of that offering which I make to your worth. I know he hath been guilty of faults; but there is great goodness of heart at the bottom. Believe me, madam, there is.", "pos": 1889132}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I sincerely wish you joy, sir, of a discovery in which you seem to have such satisfaction. I doubt not but you will have all the comfort you can promise yourself from it. The young gentleman hath certainly a thousand good qualities, which makes it impossible he should not behave well to such an uncle.", "pos": 1890035}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "I hope, madam, he hath those good qualities which must make him a good husband.--He must, I am sure, be of all men the most abandoned, if a lady of your merit should condescend--", "pos": 1890341}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "You must pardon me, Mr Allworthy. I cannot listen to a proposal of this kind. Mr Jones, I am convinced, hath much merit; but I shall never receive Mr Jones as one who is to be my husband--Upon my honour I never will.", "pos": 1890540}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Pardon me, madam, if I am a little surprized, after what I have heard from Mr Western--I hope the unhappy young man hath done nothing to forfeit your good opinion, if he had ever the honour to enjoy it.--Perhaps, he may have been misrepresented to you, as he was to me. The same villany may have injured him everywhere.--He is no murderer, I assure you; as he hath been called.", "pos": 1890779}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Mr Allworthy. I have told you my resolution. I wonder not at what my father hath told you; but, whatever his apprehensions or fears have been, if I know my heart, I have given no occasion for them; since it hath always been a fixed principle with me, never to have married without his consent. This is, I think, the duty of a child to a parent; and this, I hope, nothing could ever have prevailed with me to swerve from. I do not indeed conceive that the authority of any parent can oblige us to marry in direct opposition to our inclinations. To avoid a force of this kind, which I had reason to suspect, I left my father's house, and sought protection elsewhere. This is the truth of my story; and if the world, or my father, carry my intentions any farther, my own conscience will acquit me.", "pos": 1891179}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "I hear you, Miss Western, with admiration. I admire the justness of your sentiments; but surely there is more in this. I am cautious of offending you, young lady; but am I to look on all which I have hitherto heard or seen as a dream only? And have you suffered so much cruelty from your father on the account of a man to whom you have been always absolutely indifferent?", "pos": 1891995}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I beg, Mr Allworthy, you will not insist on my reasons;--yes, I have suffered indeed; I will not, Mr Allworthy, conceal----I will be very sincere with you--I own I had a great opinion of Mr Jones--I believe--I know I have suffered for my opinion--I have been treated cruelly by my aunt, as well as by my father; but that is now past--I beg I may not be farther pressed; for, whatever hath been, my resolution is now fixed. Your nephew, sir, hath many virtues--he hath great virtues, Mr Allworthy. I question not but he will do you honour in the world, and make you happy.", "pos": 1892388}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "I wish I could make him so, madam, replied Allworthy; “but that I am convinced is only in your power. It is that conviction which hath made me so earnest a solicitor in his favour.", "pos": 1892982}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "You are deceived indeed, sir; you are deceived. I hope not by him. It is sufficient to have deceived me. Mr Allworthy, I must insist on being pressed no farther on this subject. I should be sorry--nay, I will not injure him in your favour. I wish Mr Jones very well. I sincerely wish him well; and I repeat it again to you, whatever demerit he may have to me, I am certain he hath many good qualities. I do not disown my former thoughts; but nothing can ever recal them. At present there is not a man upon earth whom I would more resolutely reject than Mr Jones; nor would the addresses of Mr Blifil himself be less agreeable to me.", "pos": 1893166}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "It is a lie! It is a d--n'd lie! It is all owing to that d--n'd rascal Jones; and if she could get at un, she'd ha un any hour of the day.", "pos": 1894064}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Mr Western, you have not kept your word with me. You promised to abstain from all violence.", "pos": 1894307}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Why, so I did, as long as it was possible; but to hear a wench telling such confounded lies----Zounds! doth she think, if she can make vools of other volk, she can make one of me?--No, no, I know her better than thee dost.", "pos": 1894402}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "I am sorry to tell you, sir, it doth not appear, by your behaviour to this young lady, that you know her at all. I ask pardon for what I say: but I think our intimacy, your own desires, and the occasion justify me. She is your daughter, Mr Western, and I think she doth honour to your name. If I was capable of envy, I should sooner envy you on this account than any other man whatever.", "pos": 1894644}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Odrabbit it! I wish she was thine, with all my heart--wouldst soon be glad to be rid of the trouble o' her.", "pos": 1895056}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Indeed, my good friend, you yourself are the cause of all the trouble you complain of. Place that confidence in the young lady which she so well deserves, and I am certain you will be the happiest father on earth.", "pos": 1895186}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "I confidence in her? 'Sblood! what confidence can I place in her, when she won't do as I would ha' her? Let her gi' but her consent to marry as I would ha' her, and I'll place as much confidence in her as wouldst ha' me.", "pos": 1895425}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "You have no right, neighbour, to insist on any such consent. A negative voice your daughter allows you, and God and nature have thought proper to allow you no more.", "pos": 1895669}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "A negative voice! Ay! ay! I'll show you what a negative voice I ha.--Go along, go into your chamber, go, you stubborn----.", "pos": 1895859}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Indeed, Mr Western, indeed you use her cruelly--I cannot bear to see this--you shall, you must behave to her in a kinder manner. She deserves the best of treatment.", "pos": 1896004}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Yes, yes. I know what she deserves: now she's gone, I'll shew you what she deserves. See here, sir, here is a letter from my cousin, my Lady Bellaston, in which she is so kind to gi' me to understand that the fellow is got out of prison again; and here she advises me to take all the care I can o' the wench. Odzookers! neighbour Allworthy, you don't know what it is to govern a daughter.", "pos": 1896189}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "I don't know how 'tis, but d--n me, Allworthy, if you don't make me always do just as you please; and yet I have as good an estate as you, and am in the commission of the peace as well as yourself.", "pos": 1898559}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "O my child! how have I been to blame! how have I injured you! What amends can I ever make you for those unkind, those unjust suspicions which I have entertained, and for all the sufferings they have occasioned to you?", "pos": 1899486}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Am I not now made amends? Would not my sufferings, if they had been ten times greater, have been now richly repaid? O my dear uncle, this goodness, this tenderness overpowers, unmans, destroys me. I cannot bear the transports which flow so fast upon me. To be again restored to your presence, to your favour; to be once more thus kindly received by my great, my noble, my generous benefactor.", "pos": 1899718}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Indeed, child. I have used you cruelly.", "pos": 1900129}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "O, talk not so! indeed, sir, you have used me nobly. The wisest man might be deceived as you were; and, under such a deception, the best must have acted just as you did. Your goodness displayed itself in the midst of your anger, just as it then seemed. I owe everything to that goodness, of which I have been most unworthy. Do not put me on self-accusation, by carrying your generous sentiments too far. Alas! sir, I have not been punished more than I have deserved; and it shall be the whole business of my future life to deserve that happiness you now bestow on me; for, believe me, my dear uncle, my punishment hath not been thrown away upon me: though I have been a great, I am not a hardened sinner; I thank Heaven, I have had time to reflect on my past life, where, though I cannot charge myself with any gross villany, yet I can discern follies and vices more than enough to repent and to be ashamed of; follies which have been attended with dreadful consequences to myself, and have brought me to the brink of destruction.", "pos": 1900362}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "I am rejoiced, my dear child, to hear you talk thus sensibly; for as I am convinced hypocrisy (good Heaven! how have I been imposed on by it in others!) was never among your faults, so I can readily believe all you say. You now see, Tom, to what dangers imprudence alone may subject virtue (for virtue, I am now convinced, you love in a great degree). Prudence is indeed the duty which we owe to ourselves; and if we will be so much our own enemies as to neglect it, we are not to wonder if the world is deficient in discharging their duty to us; for when a man lays the foundation of his own ruin, others will, I am afraid, be too apt to build upon it. You say, however, you have seen your errors, and will reform them. I firmly believe you, my dear child; and therefore, from this moment, you shall never be reminded of them by me. Remember them only yourself so far as for the future to teach you the better to avoid them; but still remember, for your comfort, that there is this great difference between those faults which candor may construe into imprudence, and those which can be deduced from villany only. The former, perhaps, are even more apt to subject a man to ruin; but if he reform, his character will, at length, be totally retrieved; the world, though not immediately, will in time be reconciled to him; and he may reflect, not without some mixture of pleasure, on the dangers he hath escaped; but villany, my boy, when once discovered is irretrievable; the stains which this leaves behind, no time will wash away. The censures of mankind will pursue the wretch, their scorn will abash him in publick; and if shame drives him into retirement, he will go to it with all those terrors with which a weary child, who is afraid of hobgoblins, retreats from company to go to bed alone. Here his murdered conscience will haunt him.--Repose, like a false friend, will fly from him. Wherever he turns his eyes, horror presents itself; if he looks backward, unavailable repentance treads on his heels; if forward, incurable despair stares him in the face, till, like a condemned prisoner confined in a dungeon, he detests his present condition, and yet dreads the consequence of that hour which is to relieve him from it. Comfort yourself, I say, my child, that this is not your case; and rejoice with thankfulness to him who hath suffered you to see your errors, before they have brought on you that destruction to which a persistance in even those errors must have led you. You have deserted them; and the prospect now before you is such, that happiness seems in your own power.", "pos": 1901413}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Sir, I will conceal nothing from you: I fear there is one consequence of my vices I shall never be able to retrieve. O, my dear uncle! I have lost a treasure.", "pos": 1904116}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "You need say no more. I will be explicit with you; I know what you lament; I have seen the young lady, and have discoursed with her concerning you. This I must insist on, as an earnest of your sincerity in all you have said, and of the stedfastness of your resolution, that you obey me in one instance. To abide intirely by the determination of the young lady, whether it shall be in your favour or no. She hath already suffered enough from solicitations which I hate to think of; she shall owe no further constraint to my family: I know her father will be as ready to torment her now on your account as he hath formerly been on another's; but I am determined she shall suffer no more confinement, no more violence, no more uneasy hours.", "pos": 1904277}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "O, my dear uncle! lay, I beseech you, some command on me, in which I shall have some merit in obedience. Believe me, sir, the only instance in which I could disobey you would be to give an uneasy moment to my Sophia. No, sir, if I am so miserable to have incurred her displeasure beyond all hope of forgiveness, that alone, with the dreadful reflection of causing her misery, will be sufficient to overpower me. To call Sophia mine is the greatest, and now the only additional blessing which heaven can bestow; but it is a blessing which I must owe to her alone.", "pos": 1905039}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "I will not flatter you, child. I fear your case is desperate: I never saw stronger marks of an unalterable resolution in any person than appeared in her vehement declarations against receiving your addresses; for which, perhaps, you can account better than myself.", "pos": 1905622}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Oh, sir! I can account too well. I have sinned against her beyond all hope of pardon; and guilty as I am, my guilt unfortunately appears to her in ten times blacker than the real colours. O, my dear uncle! I find my follies are irretrievable; and all your goodness cannot save me from perdition. I have sinned against her beyond all hope of pardon; and guilty as I am, my guilt unfortunately appears to her in ten times blacker than the real colours. O, my dear uncle! I find my follies are irretrievable; and all your goodness cannot save me from perdition.", "pos": 1905908}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "I wish I could give you joy on another account, my dear child; but anything so inexorable I never saw.", "pos": 1906863}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Why then,", "pos": 1907035}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "I have been with your young lady, and have explained all matters to her, as they were told to me by my son Nightingale. She can have no longer any doubt about the letter; of that I am certain; for I told her my son Nightingale was ready to take his oath, if she pleased, that it was all his own invention, and the letter of his inditing. I told her the very reason of sending the letter ought to recommend you to her the more, as it was all upon her account, and a plain proof that you was resolved to quit all your profligacy for the future; that you had never been guilty of a single instance of infidelity to her since your seeing her in town: I am afraid I went too far there; but Heaven forgive me! I hope your future behaviour will be my justification. I am sure I have said all I can; but all to no purpose. She remains inflexible. She says, she had forgiven many faults on account of youth; but expressed such detestation of the character of a libertine, that she absolutely silenced me. I often attempted to excuse you; but the justness of her accusation flew in my face. Upon my honour, she is a lovely woman, and one of the sweetest and most sensible creatures I ever saw. I could have almost kissed her for one expression she made use of. It was a sentiment worthy of Seneca, or of a bishop. `I once fancied madam.' and she, `I had discovered great goodness of heart in Mr Jones; and for that I own I had a sincere esteem; but an entire profligacy of manners will corrupt the best heart in the world; and all which a good-natured libertine can expect is, that we should mix some grains of pity with our contempt and abhorrence.' She is an angelic creature, that is the truth on't.", "pos": 1907057}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "O, Mrs Miller! can I bear to think that I have lost such an angel?", "pos": 1908752}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "Lost! no. I hope you have not lost her yet. Resolve to leave such vicious courses, and you may yet have hopes, nay, if she would remain inexorable, there is another young lady, a sweet pretty young lady, and a swinging fortune, who is absolutely dying for love of you. I heard of it this very morning, and I told it to Miss Western; nay, I went a little beyond the truth again; for I told her you had refused her; but indeed I knew you would refuse her. And here I must give you a little comfort; when I mentioned the young lady's name, who is no other than the pretty widow Hunt, I thought she turned pale; but when I said you had refused her, I will be sworn her face was all over scarlet in an instant; and these were her very words: `I will not deny but that I believe he has some affection for me.'", "pos": 1908839}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "My old friend Tom, I am glad to see thee with all my heart! all past must be forgotten; I could not intend any affront to thee, because, as Allworthy here knows, nay, dost know it thyself, I took thee for another person; and where a body means no harm, what signifies a hasty word or two? One Christian must forget and forgive another.", "pos": 1909936}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I hope, sir. I shall never forget the many obligations I have had to you; but as for any offence towards me, I declare I am an utter stranger.", "pos": 1910274}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "A't, then give me thy fist; a't as hearty an honest cock as any in the kingdom. Come along with me; I'll carry thee to thy mistress this moment.", "pos": 1910433}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Consider, dear sir. I have considered, and you yourself shall carry my message to the villain. No one can carry him the sentence of his own ruin so properly as the man whose ruin he hath so villanously contrived.", "pos": 1915810}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Pardon me, dear sir, a moment's reflection will, I am sure, convince you of the contrary. What might perhaps be but justice from another tongue, would from mine be insult; and to whom?--my own brother and your nephew. Nor did he use me so barbarously--indeed, that would have been more inexcusable than anything he hath done. Fortune may tempt men of no very bad dispositions to injustice; but insults proceed only from black and rancorous minds, and have no temptations to excuse them. Let me beseech you, sir, to do nothing by him in the present height of your anger. Consider, my dear uncle, I was not myself condemned unheard.", "pos": 1916084}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "O my child!", "pos": 1916834}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "My dearest friend, I wish you joy a thousand and a thousand times of this blest day.", "pos": 1917222}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Indeed, indeed, Mrs Miller, I am beyond expression happy.", "pos": 1917396}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "for indeed. I cannot be easy while such a villain is in my house.", "pos": 1918104}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "He was as uneasy as herself on the same account.", "pos": 1918205}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "Oh! if that be the case, leave the matter to me, I'll soon show him the outside out of my doors, I warrant you. Here are two or three lusty fellows below-stairs.", "pos": 1918256}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "There will be no need of any violence, if you will carry him a message from me, he will, I am convinced, depart of his own accord.", "pos": 1918433}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "Will I? I never did anything in my life with a better will.", "pos": 1918585}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "He had considered the matter better, and would, if Mr Allworthy pleased, be himself the messenger. I know already enough of your pleasure, sir, and I beg leave to acquaint him with it by my own words. Let me beseech you, sir, to reflect on the dreadful consequences of driving him to violent and sudden despair. How unfit, alas! is this poor man to die in his present situation.", "pos": 1918699}
{"speaker": "Mrs Miller", "text": "You are too good, Mr Jones, infinitely too good to live in this world.", "pos": 1919187}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "My good child, I am equally astonished at the goodness of your heart, and the quickness of your understanding. Heaven indeed forbid that this wretch should be deprived of any means or time for repentance! That would be a shocking consideration indeed. Go to him, therefore, and use your own discretion; yet do not flatter him with any hopes of my forgiveness; for I shall never forgive villany farther than my religion obliges me, and that extends not either to our bounty or our conversation.", "pos": 1919317}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Good Heaven! is it possible?--I am shocked beyond measure at this news. I thought there was not an honester fellow in the world.----The temptation of such a sum was too great for him to withstand; for smaller matters have come safe to me through his hand. Indeed, my dear uncle, you must suffer me to call it weakness rather than ingratitude; for I am convinced the poor fellow loves me, and hath done me some kindnesses, which I can never forget; nay, I believe he hath repented of this very act; for it is not above a day or two ago, when my affairs seemed in the most desperate situation, that he visited me in my confinement, and offered me any money I wanted. Consider, sir, what a temptation to a man who hath tasted such bitter distress, it must be, to have a sum in his possession which must put him and his family beyond any future possibility of suffering the like.", "pos": 1922452}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Child, you carry this forgiving temper too far. Such mistaken mercy is not only weakness, but borders on injustice, and is very pernicious to society, as it encourages vice. The dishonesty of this fellow I might, perhaps, have pardoned, but never his ingratitude. And give me leave to say, when we suffer any temptation to atone for dishonesty itself, we are as candid and merciful as we ought to be; and so far I confess I have gone; for I have often pitied the fate of a highwayman, when I have been on the grand jury; and have more than once applied to the judge on the behalf of such as have had any mitigating circumstances in their case; but when dishonesty is attended with any blacker crime, such as cruelty, murder, ingratitude, or the like, compassion and forgiveness then become faults. I am convinced the fellow is a villain, and he shall be punished; at least as far as I can punish him.", "pos": 1923349}
{"speaker": "Partridge", "text": "I always told your honour something boded in my mind that you would one time or other have it in your power to make my fortune.", "pos": 1925188}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "So much the better for Tom;--for d--n me if he shan't ha the tousling her.", "pos": 1926349}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Sure, sir, you are the most fortunate man in the world in this discovery.", "pos": 1927757}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "And can you really, madam, think me so fortunate, while I have incurred your displeasure?", "pos": 1927833}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Nay, sir, as to that you best know whether you have deserved it.", "pos": 1927961}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Indeed, madam, you yourself are as well apprized of all my demerits. Mrs Miller hath acquainted you with the whole truth. O! my Sophia, am I never to hope for forgiveness?", "pos": 1928043}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I think, Mr Jones, I may almost depend on your own justice, and leave it to yourself to pass sentence on your own conduct.", "pos": 1928218}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Alas! madam, it is mercy, and not justice, which I implore at your hands. Justice I know must condemn me.--Yet not for the letter I sent to Lady Bellaston. Of that I most solemnly declare you have had a true account. which I have dearly paid for, in the effect it has upon you.", "pos": 1928371}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I do not, I cannot, believe otherwise of that letter than you would have me. My conduct, I think, shews you clearly I do not believe there is much in that. And yet, Mr Jones, have I not enough to resent? After what past at Upton, so soon to engage in a new amour with another woman, while I fancied, and you pretended, your heart was bleeding for me? Indeed, you have acted strangely. Can I believe the passion you have profest to me to be sincere? Or, if I can, what happiness can I assure myself of with a man capable of so much inconstancy?", "pos": 1928963}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "O! my Sophia, do not doubt the sincerity of the purest passion that ever inflamed a human breast. Think, most adorable creature, of my unhappy situation, of my despair. Could I, my Sophia, have flattered myself with the most distant hopes of being ever permitted to throw myself at your feet in the manner I do now, it would not have been in the power of any other woman to have inspired a thought which the severest chastity could have condemned. Inconstancy to you! O Sophia! if you can have goodness enough to pardon what is past, do not let any cruel future apprehensions shut your mercy against me. No repentance was ever more sincere. O! let it reconcile me to my heaven in this dear bosom.", "pos": 1929521}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Sincere repentance, Mr Jones, will obtain the pardon of a sinner, but it is from one who is a perfect judge of that sincerity. A human mind may be imposed on; nor is there any infallible method to prevent it. You must expect, however, that if I can be prevailed on by your repentance to pardon you, I will at least insist on the strongest proof of its sincerity.", "pos": 1930220}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Name any proof in my power.", "pos": 1930601}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Time", "pos": 1930655}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "On my knees I intreat, I implore your confidence, a confidence which it shall be the business of my life to deserve.", "pos": 1930913}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Let it then be the business of some part of your life to shew me you deserve it. I think I have been explicit enough in assuring you, that, when I see you merit my confidence, you will obtain it. After what is past, sir, can you expect I should take you upon your word?", "pos": 1931045}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Don't believe me upon my word; I have a better security, a pledge for my constancy, which it is impossible to see and to doubt.", "pos": 1931329}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "What is that?", "pos": 1931459}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I will show you, my charming angel, There, behold it there in that lovely figure, in that face, that shape, those eyes, that mind which shines through these eyes; can the man who shall be in possession of these be inconstant? Impossible! my Sophia; they would fix a Dorimant, a Lord Rochester. You could not doubt it, if you could see yourself with any eyes but your own.", "pos": 1931508}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "If I am to judge of the future by the past, my image will no more remain in your heart when I am out of your sight, than it will in this glass when I am out of the room.", "pos": 1932032}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "By heaven, by all that is sacred! it never was out of my heart. The delicacy of your sex cannot conceive the grossness of ours, nor how little one sort of amour has to do with the heart.", "pos": 1932204}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I will never marry a man who shall not learn refinement enough to be as incapable as I am myself of making such a distinction.", "pos": 1932440}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "I will learn it. I have learnt it already. The first moment of hope that my Sophia might be my wife taught it me at once; and all the rest of her sex from that moment became as little the objects of desire to my sense as of passion to my heart.", "pos": 1932583}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Well, the proof of this must be from time. Your situation, Mr Jones, is now altered, and I assure you I have great satisfaction in the alteration. You will now want no opportunity of being near me, and convincing me that your mind is altered too.", "pos": 1932845}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "O! my angel, how shall I thank thy goodness! And are you so good to own that you have a satisfaction in my prosperity?----Believe me, believe me, madam, it is you alone have given a relish to that prosperity, since I owe to it the dear hope----O! my Sophia, let it not be a distant one.--I will be all obedience to your commands. I will not dare to press anything further than you permit me. Yet let me intreat you to appoint a short trial. O! tell me when I may expect you will be convinced of what is most solemnly true.", "pos": 1933109}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "When I have gone voluntarily thus far, Mr Jones, I expect not to be pressed. Nay, I will not.", "pos": 1933634}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "O! don't look unkindly thus, my Sophia. I do not, I dare not press you.--Yet permit me at least once more to beg you would fix the period. O! consider the impatience of love.", "pos": 1933743}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "A twelvemonth, perhaps.", "pos": 1933933}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "O! my Sophia, you have named an eternity.", "pos": 1933969}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Perhaps it may be something sooner, I will not be teazed. If your passion for me be what I would have it, I think you may now be easy.", "pos": 1934026}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Easy! Sophia, call not such an exulting happiness as mine by so cold a name.----O! transporting thought! am I not assured that the blessed day will come, when I shall call you mine; when fears shall be no more; when I shall have that dear, that vast, that exquisite, ecstatic delight of making my Sophia happy?", "pos": 1934176}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Indeed, sir, that day is in your own power.", "pos": 1934490}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "O! my dear, my divine angel, these words have made me mad with joy.----But I must, I will thank those dear lips which have so sweetly pronounced my bliss.", "pos": 1934549}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "To her, boy, to her, go to her.----That's it, little honeys, O that's it! Well! what, is it all over? Hath she appointed the day, boy? What, shall it be to-morrow or next day? It shan't be put off a minute longer than next day, I am resolved.", "pos": 1934941}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Let me beseech you, sir, don't let me be the occasion", "pos": 1935186}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Beseech mine a----. I thought thou hadst been a lad of higher mettle than to give way to a parcel of maidenish tricks.----I tell thee 'tis all flimflam. Zoodikers! she'd have the wedding to-night with all her heart. Would'st not, Sophy? Come, confess, and be an honest girl for once. What, art dumb? Why dost not speak?", "pos": 1935259}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Why should I confess, sir, since it seems you are so well acquainted with my thoughts?", "pos": 1935598}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "That's a good girl, and dost consent then?", "pos": 1935705}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "No, indeed, sir. I have given no such consent.", "pos": 1935762}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "And wunt not ha un then to-morrow, nor next day?", "pos": 1935828}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Indeed, sir. I have no such intention.", "pos": 1935894}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "But I can tell thee, why hast nut; only because thou dost love to be disobedient, and to plague and vex thy father.", "pos": 1935947}
{"speaker": "Jones", "text": "Pray, sir,", "pos": 1936079}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "I tell thee thou art a puppy. When I vorbid her, then it was all nothing but sighing and whining, and languishing and writing; now I am vor thee, she is against thee. All the spirit of contrary, that's all. She is above being guided and governed by her father, that is the whole truth on't. It is only to disoblige and contradict me.", "pos": 1936119}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "What would my papa have me do?", "pos": 1936467}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "What would I ha thee do? why, gi' un thy hand this moment.", "pos": 1936514}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Well, sir. I will obey you.--There is my hand, Mr Jones.", "pos": 1936587}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Well, and will you consent to ha un to-morrow morning?", "pos": 1936661}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "I will be obedient to you, sir,", "pos": 1936733}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Why then to-morrow morning be the day,", "pos": 1936779}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Why then to-morrow morning shall be the day, papa, since you will have it so,", "pos": 1936830}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Where the devil is Allworthy? He is without now, a talking with that d--d lawyer Dowling, when he should be minding other matters. If you won't believe me, you may ask her yourself. Hast nut gin thy consent, Sophy, to be married to-morrow?", "pos": 1937072}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Such are your commands, sir, and I dare not be guilty of disobedience.", "pos": 1937472}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "I hope, madam, my nephew will merit so much goodness, and will be always as sensible as myself of the great honour you have done my family. An alliance with so charming and so excellent a young lady would indeed be an honour to the greatest in England.", "pos": 1937561}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Yes, but if I had suffered her to stand shill I shall I, dilly dally, you might not have had that honour yet a while; I was forced to use a little fatherly authority to bring her to.", "pos": 1937835}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "I hope not, sir. I hope there is not the least constraint.", "pos": 1938037}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Why, there, you may bid her unsay all again if you will. Dost repent heartily of thy promise, dost not, Sophia?", "pos": 1938117}
{"speaker": "Sophia", "text": "Indeed, papa. I do not repent, nor do I believe I ever shall, of any promise in favour of Mr Jones.", "pos": 1938248}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Then, nephew. I felicitate you most heartily; for I think you are the happiest of men. And, madam, you will give me leave to congratulate you on this joyful occasion: indeed, I am convinced you have bestowed yourself on one who will be sensible of your great merit, and who will at least use his best endeavours to deserve it.", "pos": 1938363}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "His best endeavours! that he will, I warrant un.----Harkee, Allworthy, I'll bet thee five pounds to a crown we have a boy to-morrow nine months; but prithee tell me what wut ha! Wut ha Burgundy, Champaigne, or what? for, please Jupiter, we'll make a night on't.", "pos": 1938711}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Indeed, sir, you must excuse me; both my nephew and I were engaged before I suspected this near approach of his happiness.", "pos": 1938992}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Engaged! never tell me.--I won't part with thee to-night upon any occasion. Shalt sup here, please the lord Harry.", "pos": 1939136}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "You must pardon me, my dear neighbour! I have given a solemn promise, and that you know I never break.", "pos": 1939273}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Why, prithee, who art engaged to? Odzookers! I will go with thee, and so shall Sophy! for I won't part with thee to-night; and it would be barbarous to part Tom and the girl.", "pos": 1939400}
{"speaker": "Squire Western", "text": "Why dost not talk, boy? Why dost look so grave? Hast lost thy tongue, girl? Drink another glass of wine; sha't drink another glass.", "pos": 1943796}
{"speaker": "Allworthy", "text": "Fie! Mr Western!", "pos": 1944234}