, makes them regard each other in the
Light of Rivals; but Nightingale no sooner heard the Story, than he exclaimed
against the Fellow in Terms much severer than the Justice and Honesty of
Allworthy had bestowed on him.
    Allworthy desired Nightingale to retain both the Money and the Secret till
he should hear farther from him; and if he should in the mean Time see the
Fellow, that he would not take the least Notice to him of the Discovery which he
had made. He then returned to his Lodgings, where he found Mrs. Miller in a very
dejected Condition, on Account of the Information she had received from her
Son-in-law. Mr. Allworthy, with great Chearfulness, told her that he had much
good News to communicate; and with little further Preface, acquainted her, that
he had brought Mr. Nightingale to consent to see his Son, and did not in the
least doubt to effect a perfect Reconciliation between them; though he found the
Father more sowered by another Accident of the same Kind, which had happened in
his Family. He then mentioned the running away of the Uncle's Daughter, which he
had been told by the old Gentleman, and which Mrs. Miller, and her Son-in-law,
did not yet know.
    The Reader may suppose Mrs. Miller received this Account with great
Thankfulness and no less Pleasure; but so uncommon was her Friendship to Jones,
that I am not certain whether the Uneasiness she suffered for his Sake, did not
over-ballance her Satisfaction at hearing a Piece of News tending so much to the
Happiness of her own Family; nor whether even this very News, as it reminded her
of the Obligations she had to Jones, did not hurt as well as please her; when
her grateful Heart said to her, »While my own Family is happy, how miserable is
the poor Creature, to whose Generosity we owe the Beginning of all this
Happiness.«
    Allworthy having left her a little while to chew the Cud (if I may use that
Expression) on these first Tidings, told her, he had still something more to
impart, which he believed would give her Pleasure. »I think,« said he, »I have
discovered a pretty considerable Treasure belonging to the young Gentleman, your
Friend; but perhaps indeed, his present Situation may be such, that it will be
of no Service to him.« The latter Part of the Speech gave Mrs. Miller to
understand who was meant, and she answered with a Sigh, »I hope not, Sir.« »I
hope
