Having exercised herself three months in such pious amusements,
she appeared again in the world; but her misfortune had made such
an impression on her mind, that she could not bear the sight of a
child, and trembled whenever conversation happened to turn upon a
christening. Her temper, which was naturally none of the sweetest,
seemed to have imbibed a double proportion of souring from her
disappointment; of consequence, her company was not much coveted,
and she found very few people disposed to treat her with those marks
of consideration which she looked upon as her due. This neglect
detached her from the society of an unmannerly world; she concentrated
the energy of all her talents in the government of her own house,
which groaned accordingly under her arbitrary sway; and in the
brandy-bottle found ample consolation for all the affliction she
had undergone.
As for the commodore, he in a little time weathered his disgrace,
after having sustained many severe jokes from the lieutenant, and
now his chief aim being to be absent from his own house as much
as possible, he frequented the public-house more than ever, more
assiduously cultivated the friendship of his brother-in-law, Mr.
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