Hornbeck, restored
her to her legitimate lord, whom he counselled to exempt her from
that restraint which in all probability had been the cause of her
elopement, and endeavour to conciliate her affection by tender and
respectful usage.
The husband behaved with great humility and compliance, protesting
that his chief study should be to contrive parties for her pleasure
and satisfaction. But no sooner did he regain possession of his
stray sheep, than he locked her up more closely than ever; and after
having revolved various schemes for her reformation, determined to
board her in a convent, under the inspection of a prudent abbess,
who should superintend her morals, and recall her to the paths
of virtue which she had forsaken. With this view, he consulted an
English priest of his acquaintance, who advised him to settle her
in a monastery at Lisle, that she might be as far as possible from
the machinations of her lover, and gave him a letter of recommendation
to the superior of a certain convent in that place, for which Mr.
Hornbeck set out in a few days with his troublesome charge.
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