Pickle, assuring her,
from Godfrey's information, that he had undergone a severe fit on
her account, which, in all likelihood would have a dangerous effect
upon his constitution. Though Emily was inflexible in her answers
to the kind remonstrances of the gentle Sophy, her heart was melting
with the impressions of pity and love; and, finding herself unable
to perform the duty of her function, in putting the bride to bed,
she retired to her own chamber, and in secret sympathized with the
distemper of her lover.
In the morning, as early as decency would permit him to leave the
arms of his dear wife, Captain Gauntlet made a visit to Peregrine,
who had passed a very tedious and uneasy night, having been subject
to short intervals of delirium, during which Pipes had found it
very difficult to keep him fast belayed. He owned indeed to Godfrey,
that his imagination had been haunted by the ideas of Emilia
and her officer, which tormented him to an unspeakable degree of
anguish and distraction; and that he would rather suffer death than
a repetition of such excruciating reflections.
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