Excerpt from The Dean of Coleraine, Vol. 3 of 3: A Moral History Founded on the Memoirs of an Illustrious Family in Ireland This recital made me yet only comprehend the occafion of his journey and his joy informed me at moi't of the renewal of his hopes, But far from fuf fering my curiofity to languifh upon the'point that was capable of enlivening it molt, he continued to tell me, without giving me time to interrupt him, that having heard of the death of Fincer at his door, he was advertifed at the fame time of the efcape of Pa trick, and.of the caution he was obliged to obferve in relation to Sarah. He had been moved at the difafter of Fincer but it being fuitable to what he looked upon as a ilroke too favourable for his hopes, to be too much afiiieied at it, he had gathered from all occurring circumltances, that this accident had been no lefs a deliverance to him from the ever for midable competition of Patrick, than from all other obliaeles that he apprehended from a furious father. Then informing me, that my filler being prefent with Sarah, he had managed a converfation with her to con cert means for making his vilit agreeable; and, under the flattering prepoffefiions in Which Fineer's daughter yet was, he found little difficulty in givinga turn to his compliment in a manner proper to' make her re 'lifh it. He had found the way of calming her ima gination Upon the fadden retreat 'of Patrick and looking upon himfelf already as intereilsedin the good order 'ofa houfe, of which he doubted no longer but: he {hould foon fee himfelf mailer, he had began to af 'fume an air of authorityy'to which the'fervants did not ibew any reluctance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.