We parted with many tears, and lay that night at an inn on the
road, about ten miles short of the town where I was to remain, at
which we arrived next day, and I found I had no cause to complain
of the accommodations provided for me, in being boarded at the
house of an apothecary, who had married a distant relation of my
mother. In a few days after, my uncle set out for his ship, having
settled the necessary funds for my maintenance and education.
CHAPTER VI
I make great progress in my Studies--am caressed by Everybody--my
female Cousins take notice of me-I reject their Invitation-they are
incensed, and conspire against me-am left destitute by a Misfortune
that befalls my Uncle-Gawky's Treachery-my Revenge
As I was now capable of reflection, I began to consider my precarious
situation; that I was utterly abandoned by those whose duty it was
to protect me: and that my sole dependence was on the generosity
of one man, who was not only exposed by his profession to continual
dangers, which might one day deprive me of him for ever; but also
(no doubt) subject to those vicissitudes of disposition which a
change of fortune usually creates, or which a better acquaintance
with the world might produce; for I always ascribed his benevolence
to the dictates of a heart as yet undebauched by a commerce with
mankind.
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