Incensed as
he was against the brutal disposition of his own father's son, he
could not help being moved at the integrity and tenderness of his
sister, of whose inclinations towards him he had been hitherto kept
in ignorance. He thanked the gentleman for his honourable dealing,
and expressed a desire of being better acquainted with his
virtues; told him that now he was cautioned, he hoped there would
be no necessity for giving him any further trouble, and wrote by
him a letter of acknowledgment to his sister, for whom he expressed
the utmost love and regard, beseeching her to favour him with an
interview before his departure, that he might indulge his fraternal
fondness, and be blessed with the company and countenance of one at
least belonging to his own family. Having imparted this discovery
to his friend Hatchway, they came to a resolution of countermining
the plan of their enemies. As they did not choose to expose themselves
to the insinuations of slander, which would have exerted itself
at their expense, had they, even in defending themselves, employed
any harsh means of retaliation, they invented a method of disappointing
and disgracing their foes, and immediately set Pipes at work to
forward the preparations.
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