answer me in a moment--I am all terror and impatience!"

Dolly, having recollected herself, told him that Mr. Darnel had lodged
his niece in the new buildings by May Fair; that, on the second night
after their arrival, a very warm expostulation had passed between Aurelia
and her uncle, who next morning dismissed Dolly, without permitting her
to take leave of her mistress, and that same day moved to another part of
the town, as she afterwards learned of the landlady, though she could not
inform her whither they were gone. That, when she was turned away, John
Clump, one of the footmen, who pretended to have a kindness for her, had
faithfully promised to call upon her, and let her know what passed in the
family; but as he did not keep his word, and she was an utter stranger in
London, without friends or settlement, she had resolved to return to her
mother, and travelled so far on foot since yesterday morning.

Our knight, who had expected the most dismal tidings from her lamentable
preamble, was pleased to find his presaging fears disappointed; though he
was far from being satisfied with the dismission of Dolly, from whose
attachment to his interest, joined to her influence over Mr. Clump, he
had hoped to reap such intelligence as would guide him to the haven of
his desires. After a minute's reflection, he saw it would be expedient
to carry back Mrs. Cowslip, and lodge her at the place where Mr. Clump
had promised to visit her with intelligence; for, in all probability, it
was not for want of inclination that he had not kept his promise.

Dolly did not express any aversion to the scheme of returning to London,
where she hoped once more to rejoin her dear lady, to whom by this time
she was attached by the strongest ties of affection; and her inclination
in this respect was assisted by the consideration of having the company
of the young lawyer, who, it plainly appeared, had made strange havoc in