CHAPTER LXVIII.
He attends his Uncle with great Affection during a Fit of
Illness--Sets out again for London--Meets with his Friend Godfrey,
who is prevailed upon to accompany him to Bath; on the Road to
which Place they chance to Dine with a Person who entertains them
with a curious Account of a certain Company of Adventurers.
Thus determined, he took leave of Emilia and her mother, on pretence
of going to London upon some urgent business, and returned to the
garrison, leaving the good old lady very much concerned, and the
daughter incensed at his behaviour, which was the more unexpected,
because Godfrey had told them that the commodore approved of his
nephew's passion.
Our adventurer found his uncle so ill of the gout, which, for the
first time, had taken possession of his stomach, that his life was
in imminent danger, and the whole family in disorder. He therefore
took the reins of government in his own hands, sent for all the
physicians in the neighbourhood, and attended him in person with
the most affectionate care, during the whole fit, which lasted a
fortnight, and then retired before the strength of his constitution.
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