Without pretending to refute the articles of this ridiculous charge,
he allowed her to ring out her alarm; and then calmly replied,
that if she did not quietly retire to her chamber, and behave as
became a person in her present situation, he should insist upon her
removing to another lodging without delay; for he was determined
to be master in his own family. The lady, who, in all probability,
expected that he would endeavour to appease her with all the
tenderness of filial submission, was so much exasperated at his
cavalier behaviour, that her constitution could not support the
transports of her spirits; and she was carried off by her women in
a fit, while the officious clergyman was dismissed after his pupil,
with all the circumstances of disgrace.
Our hero having thus made his quarters good, took possession of
the best apartment in the house, and sent notice of his arrival to
Mr. Clover, who, with his wife, visited him in less than an hour,
and was not a little surprised to find him so suddenly settled
in his father's house. The meeting of Julia and her brother was
extremely pathetic.
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