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He was congratulated on his happy situation, and assured that
our youth would visit him on his return from France, provided he
should take Canterbury in his route. As Peregrine manifested an
inclination of being acquainted with the state of his affairs, he
very complaisantly satisfied his curiosity by giving him to know
that his spouse had left off breeding, after having blessed him with
two boys and a girl, who were still alive and well; that he lived
in good esteem with his neighbors; and by his practice, which was
considerably extended immediately after the publication of Roderick
Random, had saved some thousand pounds. He had begun to think
of retiring among his own relations in Glamorganshire, though his
wife had made objection to this proposal, and opposed the execution
of it with such obstinacy, that he had been at infinite pains in
asserting his own prerogative by convincing her, both from reason
and example, that he was king, and priest in his own family, and
that she owed the most implicit submission to his will. He likewise
informed the company that he had lately seen his friend Roderick,
who had come from London on purpose to visit him, after having gained
his lawsuit with Mr.
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