•^ "When he was gone, my firfk care was to' carry his
' rfcommendatofy letter to his uncle, a man whofe
' charader for every virtue was univerfal, yet jnfk.
* I was received by hb iervants with the moft hoTpi-

* uble fmiles; for the looks of the domeftics ever
^ tranfinit dieir mafter's benevolence. Being (hetrn

* into a grand apartment, were Sir William foon

< came to me, I delivered my mefTage and letter,
*■ wluch he read, and after paufing iome minutes*
' Pray, Sir,' cried he, ^ inform me what you have

* dcme for my kinfman, to deferve thb warm recimi-

< mendation? but I fuppofe. Sir, I guefs your me*
^ rits, you have fought for him ; and fo you would
' expe& 1 reward from me for being the inilrument of
«• his vices. I wiih, fincerely wilh, that ipy prefent
*■ refufal may be fome punifhment for your guilt ; but

* flill more, that it may be (bme inducement to your

* repentance.'— Thefeverity of thb rebuke I bore
^ patiently, becaufe I knew it was juft. My whole
^ expeftations now, therefore, ify in my letter to the

F 3 • great



102 THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD.
