what a Wife feels on theſe Occaſions? O he is loſt! Somebody hath murdered him—I ſhall never ſee him more’—Here a Torrent of Tears had the ſame Conſequence with what the Suppreſſion had occaſioned to Mr. Allworthy, and he remained ſilent.
At this Interval, a Servant came running in, out of Breath, and cried out, the Captain was found; and, before he could proceed farther, he was followed by two more, bearing the dead Body between them.
Here the curious Reader may obſerve another Diverſity in the Operations of Grief: For as Mr. Allworthy had been before ſilent, from the ſame Cauſe which had made his Siſter vociferous; ſo did the preſent Sight, which drew Tears from the Gentleman, put an entire Stop to thoſe of the Lady; who firſt gave a violent Scream, and preſently after fell into a Fit.
The Room was ſoon full of Servants, ſome of whom, with the Lady viſitant, were employed in Care of the Wife, and others, with Mr. Allworthy, aſſiſted in carrying off the Captain to a warm Bed, where every Method was tried, in order to reſtore him to Life.
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