Nor was this
scheme so extravagant as it may seem to be, had not he overlooked
one material circumstance, which Cadwallader himself did not
recollect, when he approved of this project.
While he thus meditated vengeance, the fame of his disorder, in due
course of circulation, reached the ears of that lady of quality
whose memoirs have already appeared in these adventures. The
correspondence with which she had honoured our hero had been long
broke off for the reason already advanced, namely, his dread of
being exposed to her infatuating charms. He had been candid enough
to make her acquainted with the cause of exiling himself from her
presence; and she admitted the prudence of self-restraint, although
she would have very well satisfied with the continuance of his
intimacy and conversation, which were not at all beneath the desire
of any lady in the kingdom. Notwithstanding this interruption, she
still retained a friendship and regard for his character, and felt
all the affliction of a humane heart, at the news of his misfortunes
and deplorable distemper.
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