and then he was to run off, by which Mr. Thornhill would have the better opportunity of gaining her affections himself under the character of her defender."
Sir William remembered the coat to have been frequently worn by his nephew, and all the rest the prisoner himself confirmed by a more circumstantial account; concluding, that Mr. Thornhill had often declared to him that he was in love with both sisters at the same time.
"Heavens," cried Sir William, "what a viper have I been fostering in my bosom! And so fond of public justice too as he seemed to be. But he shall have it; secure him, Mr. Gaoler—yet hold, I fear there is not legal evidence to detain him."
Upon this, Mr. Thornhill, with the utmost humility, entreated that two such abandoned wretches might not be admitted"as
