Jones, as if they had been his own. He reſolved therefore to make uſe of this Favour on Behalf of his Friend Black George, whom he hoped to introduce into Mr. Weſtern’s Family in the ſame Capacity in which he had before ſerved Mr. Allworthy.
The Reader, if he conſiders that this Fellow was already obnoxious to Mr. Weſtern, and if he conſiders farther the weighty Buſineſs by which that Gentleman’s Diſpleaſure had been incurred, will perhaps condemn this as a fooliſh and deſperate Undertaking; but if he ſhould not totally condemn young Jones on that Account, he will greatly applaud him for ſtrengthening himſelf with all imaginable Intereſt on ſo arduous an Occaſion.
For this Purpoſe then Tom applied to Mr. Weſtern’s Daughter, a young Lady of about ſeventeen Years of Age, whom her Father, next after thoſe neceſſary Implements of Sport juſt before-mentioned, loved and eſteemed above all the World. Now as ſhe had ſome Influence on the Squire, ſo Tom had ſome little Influence on her. But this being the intended Heroine of thisWork,
