In other words, she made a
conquest of her preceptor, who yielding to the instigations of the
flesh, chose a proper opportunity to declare his passion, which
was powerfully recommended by his personal qualifications; and
his intentions being honourable, she listened to his proposals
of espousing her in private. In consequence of this agreement,
they made an elopement together; and, being buckled at the Fleet,
consummated their nuptials in private lodgings, by the Seven Dials,
from which the husband next morning sent a letter to our hero
begging forgiveness for the clandestine step he had taken, which he
solemnly protested was not owing to any abatement in his inviolable
regard for his master, whom he should always honour and esteem to
his latest breath, but entirely to the irresistible charms of the
young lady, to whom he was now so happy as to be joined in the
silken bonds of marriage.
Peregrine, though at first offended at his valet's presumption,
was, upon second thoughts, reconciled to the event by which he was
delivered from an encumbrance; for by this time he had performed
his frolic, and began to be tired of his acquisition.
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