which he hoped ſoon to be able to pay him for all his Barbarities.
Mr. Allworthy very ſeverely reprimanded the Lad, for his indecent and diſreſpectful Expreſſions concerning his Maſter; but much more for his avowing an Intention of Revenge. He threatened him with the entire Loſs of his Favour, if he ever heard ſuch another Word from his Mouth; for he ſaid, he would never ſupport or befriend a Reprobate. By theſe and the like Declarations, he extorted ſome Compunction from Tom, in which that Youth was not over ſincere: For he really meditated ſome Return for all the ſmarting Favours he had received at the Hands of the Pedagogue. He was, however, brought by Mr. Allworthy to expreſs a Concern for his Reſentment againſt Thwackum; and then the good Man, after ſome wholeſome Admonition, permitted him to proceed, which he did, as follows.
‘Indeed, my dear Sir, I love and honour you more than all the World; I know the great Obligations I have to you, and ſhould deteſt myſelf, if I thought my Heart was capable of Ingratitude. Could the little Horſe you gave me ſpeak, I am ſure he could tell you how fond I‘was
