insolence; and would do it on the spot, if he thought it would not
interrupt the diversion. In all probability they would have come to
points immediately, had not the gentlemen interposed; so that nothing
further passed, but abundance of foul language on the part of Mr.
Anthony, and a repeated defiance to single combat.

"Mr. Greaves, making a low bow, retired from the field; and in the
evening danced at the assembly with a young lady from the bishoprick,
seemingly in good temper and spirits, without having any words with Mr.
Darnel, who was also present. But in the morning he visited that proud
neighbour betimes; and they had almost reached a grove of trees on the
north side of the town, when they were suddenly overtaken by half a dozen
gentlemen, who had watched their motions. It was in vain for them to
dissemble their design, which could not now take effect. They gave up
their pistols, and a reconciliation was patched up by the pressing
remonstrances of their common friends; but Mr. Darnel's hatred still
rankled at bottom, and soon broke out in the sequel. About three months
after this transaction, his niece Aurelia, with her mother, having been
to visit a lady in the chariot, the horses being young, and not used to
the traces, were startled at the braying of a jackass on the common, and,
taking fright, ran away with the carriage, like lightning. The coachman
was thrown from the box, and the ladies screamed piteously for help. Mr.
Greaves chanced to be a-horseback on the other side of an enclosure, when
he heard their shrieks; and riding up the hedge, knew the chariot, and
saw their disaster. The horses were then running full speed in such a
direction, as to drive headlong over a precipice into a stone quarry,
where they and the chariot, and the ladies, must be dashed to pieces.

"You may conceive, gemmen, what his thoughts were when he saw such a fine
young lady, in the flower of her age, just plunging into eternity; when