pretended to be convinced by his Arguments, and outwardly profeſſed to be reconciled.
As for the Bride, ſhe was now in her Honey-moon, and ſo paſſionately fond of her new Huſband, that he never appeared, to her, to be in the wrong; and his Diſpleaſure againſt any Perſon, was a ſufficient Reaſon for her Diſlike to the ſame.
The Captain, at Mr. Allworthy’s Inſtance, was outwardly, as we have ſaid, reconciled to his Brother, yet the ſame Rancour remained in his Heart; and he found ſo many Opportunities of giving him private Hints of this, that the Houſe at laſt grew inſupportable to the poor Doctor; and he choſe rather to ſubmit to any Inconveniencies which he might encounter in the World, than longer to bear theſe cruel and ungrateful Inſults, from a Brother for whom he had done ſo much.
He once intended to acquaint Allworthy with the whole; but he could not bring himſelf to ſubmit to the Confeſſion, by which he muſt take to his Share ſo great a Portion of Guilt. Beſides, by how much the worſe Man he repreſented his Brother tobe,
