Perhaps she was confirmed in this caution by her mother, who very
wisely, in her civilities to him, maintained a sort of ceremonious
distance, which she thought not only requisite for the honour and
interest of her family, but likewise for her own exculpation, should
she ever be taxed with having encouraged or abetted him in the
imprudent sallies of his youth; yet, notwithstanding this affected
reserve, he was treated with such distinction by both, that he was
ravished with his situation, and became more and more enamoured
every day.
While he remained under the influence of this sweet intoxication,
his absence produced great disturbance at Winchester. Mr. Jolter
was grievously afflicted at his abrupt departure, which alarmed
him the more, as it happened after a long fit of melancholy which
he had perceived in his pupil. He communicated his apprehensions to
the master of the school, who advised him to apprise the commodore of
his nephew's disappearance, and in the mean time inquire at all the
inns in town, whether he had hired horses, or any sort of carriage,
for his conveyance, or was met with on the road by any person who
could give an account of the direction in which he travelled.
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