This proof of their regard, notwithstanding the interruption in
their correspondence, made a deep impression upon the mind of our
adventurer, who having made the warmest acknowledgments for this
undeserved mark of respect, took the child in his arms, and almost
devoured him with kisses, protesting before God, that he should
always consider him with the tenderness of a parent. This was the
highest compliment he could pay to the gentle Sophy, who again kindly
chid him for his disdainful and precipitate retreat, immediately
after her marriage; and expressed an earnest desire of seeing him
and the captain reconciled. He assured her, nothing could give him
greater satisfaction than such an event, to which he would contribute
all that lay in his power, though he could not help looking upon
himself as injured by Captain Gauntlet's behaviour, which denoted
a suspicion of his honour, as well as contempt for his understanding.
The lady undertook for the concession of her husband, who, she told
him, had been extremely sorry for his own heat, after Mr.
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