She moreover gave him to understand, that,
in his absence, she had received several messages from her mother,
commanding her to return to her father's house; but that she
had refused to obey these orders, by the advice and injunction of
her aunt and the commodore, which were indeed seconded by her own
inclination; because she had all the reason in the world to believe,
that her mother only wanted an opportunity of treating her with
severity and rancour. The resentment of that lady had been carried
to such indecent lengths, that, seeing her daughter at church one
day, she rose up, before the parson entered, and reviled her with
great bitterness, in the face of the whole congregation.
CHAPTER LXVII.
Sees his Sister happily married--Visits Emilia, who receives him
according to his Deserts.
Her brother being of opinion, that Mr. Clover's proposal was not to
be neglected, especially as Julia's heart was engaged in his favour,
communicated the affair to his uncle, who, with the approbation
of Mrs. Trunnion, declared himself well satisfied with the young
man's addresses, and desired that they might be buckled with all
expedition, without the knowledge or concurrence of her parents,
to whom (on account of their unnatural barbarity) she was not bound
to pay the least regard.
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