it is unfair to argue ſuch univerſal Depravity from a few vicious Individuals; nor was this, I believe, ever done by a Man, who upon ſearching his own Mind found one certain Exception to the general Rule. He then concluded by aſking who that Partridge was whom he had called a worthleſs Fellow.’
‘I mean, ſaid the Captain, Partridge, the Barber, the Schoolmaſter, what do you call him? Partridge, the Father of the the little Child which you found in your Bed.’
Mr. Allworthy expreſt great Surpriſe at this Account, and the Captain as great at his Ignorance of it: For he ſaid, he had known it above a Month, and at length recollected with much Difficulty that he was told it by Mrs. Wilkins.
Upon this, Wilkins was immediately ſummoned, who having confirmed what the Captain had ſaid, was by Mr. Allworthy, by and with the Captain’s Advice, diſpatched to Little Baddington to inform herſelf of the Truth of the Fact: For the Captain expreſt great Diſlike at all haſty Procecedings in criminal Matters, and ſaid hewould
