 reply. This last circumstance he considered as a manifest
mark of disrespect, and gnawed his lips with resentment. Upon further reflexion,
however, he supposed that she could not conveniently write by the messenger, and
would undoubtedly favour him by the post. This consideration consoled him for
the present, and he waited impatiently for the fruits of his hope; but after he
had seen eight days elapsed without reaping the satisfaction with which he had
flattered himself, his temper forsook him, he raved against the whole sex, and
was seized with a fit of sullen chagrin; but his pride in a little time came to
his assistance, and rescued him from the horrors of the melancholy fiend. He
resolved to retort her own neglect upon his ungrateful mistress, his countenance
gradually resumed its former serenity; and though by this time he was pretty
well cured of his foppery, he appeared again at public diversions with an air of
gaiety and unconcern, that Emilia might have a chance of hearing how much, in
all likelihood, he disregarded her disdain.
    There are never wanting certain officious persons, who take pleasure in
promoting intelligence of this sort. His behaviour soon reached the ears of Miss
Gauntlet, and confirmed her in the opinion she had conceived from his letter; so
that she fortified herself in her former sentiments, and bore his indifference
with great philosophy. Thus a correspondence which had commenced with all the
tenderness and sincerity of love, and every promise of duration, was interrupted
in its infancy by a misunderstanding occasioned by the simplicity of Pipes, who
never once reflected upon the consequences of his deceit.
    Though their mutual passion was by these means suppressed for the present,
it was not altogether extinguished, but glowed in secret, though even to
themselves unknown, until an occasion which afterwards offered, blew up the
latent flame, and love resumed his empire in their breasts.
    While they moved, as it were, without the sphere of each other's attraction,
the commodore fearing that Perry was in danger of involving himself in some
pernicious engagement, resolved by advice of Mr. Jolter and his friend the
parish priest, to recall him from the place where he had contracted such
imprudent connexions, and send him to the university, where his education might
be compleated, and his fancy weaned from all puerile amusements.
    This plan had been proposed to his own father, who, as hath been already
observed, stood always neuter in every thing that concerned his eldest son; and
as for Mrs. Pickle, she had never heard his name mentioned since his departure
with any degree of temper or tranquillity, except when her
