 for it, d'ye see; I
        thought it was the likeliest way to bring you up; but, in time to come,
        you shall have a larger swing of cable. When you can spare time, I shall
        be glad if you will make a short trip, and see y our aunt, and him who
        is
Yo ur loving godfather,
and humble servant,
                                                                 HAWSER TRUNNION
        P.S. If you want money, you may draw upon me payable at sight.
 

                                  Chapter XXIX

He becomes Melancholy and Despondent; is favoured with a condescending Letter
from his Uncle, reconciles himself to his Governor, and sets out with Emilia and
her Friend for Mrs. Gauntlet's House
 
Peregrine, fortified as he was with pride and indignation, did not fail to feel
the smarting suggestions of his present situation: after having lived so long in
an affluent and imperious manner, he could ill brook the thoughts of submitting
to the mortifying exigencies of life; all the gaudy schemes of pomp and
pleasure, which his luxuriant imagination had formed, began to dissolve; a train
of melancholy ideas took possession of his thoughts, and the prospect of losing
Emilia was not the least part of his affliction. Though he endeavoured to
suppress the chagrin that preyed upon his heart, he could not conceal the
disturbance of his mind from the penetration of that amiable young lady, who
sympathized with him in her heart, though she could not give her tongue the
liberty of asking the cause of his disorder; for, notwithstanding all the ardour
of his addresses, he never could obtain from her the declaration of a mutual
flame; because, tho' he had hitherto treated her with the utmost reverence of
respect, he had never once mentioned the final aim of his passion; and however
honourable she supposed it to be, she had discernment enough to foresee, that
vanity or interest co-operating with the levity of youth, might one day deprive
her of her lover, and she was too proud to give him any handle of exulting at
her expence; so that, although he was received by her with the most
distinguished civility, and even an intimacy of friendship, all his
sollicitations could never extort from her an acknowledgment of love; on the
contrary, being of a gay disposition, she sometimes coquetted with other
admirers, that his attention thus whetted might never abate, and that he might
see she had other resources, in case he should flagg in his affection.
    This being the prudential plan on which she acted, it cannot be supposed
that she would condescend to inquire into the state of his thoughts, when she
saw
