After having kissed the hem of his garment, he retired to the stable,
where he communicated these tidings to his friend Gilbert, whom he
saddled and bridled; the same office he performed for Bronzomarte; then
putting on his squire-like attire and accoutrements, he mounted one, and
led the other to the knight's door, before which he paraded, uttering,
from time to time, repeated shouts, to the no small entertainment of the
populace, until he received orders to house his companions. Thus
commanded, he led them back to their stalls, resumed his livery, and
rejoined his fellow-servants, who were resolved to celebrate the day with
banquets and rejoicings.

Their master's heart was not sufficiently at ease to share in their
festivity. He held a consultation with his friends in the parlour, whom
he acquainted with the reasons he had to believe Miss Darnel was confined
in the same house which had been his prison; a circumstance which filled
them with equal pleasure and astonishment. Dolly in particular, weeping
plentifully, conjured him to deliver her dear lady without delay.
Nothing now remained but to concert the plan for her deliverance. As
Aurelia had informed Dolly of her connexion with Mrs. Kawdle, at whose
house she proposed to lodge, before she was overtaken on the road by her
uncle, this particular was now imparted to the council, and struck a
light which seemed to point out the direct way to Miss Darnel's
enlargement.

Our hero, accompanied by Mrs. Cowslip and Tom Clarke, set out immediately
for the house of Dr. Kawdle, who happened to be abroad, but his wife
received them with great courtesy. She was a well-bred, sensible,
genteel woman, and strongly attached to Aurelia by the ties of affection,
as well as of consanguinity. She no sooner learned the situation of her
cousin than she expressed the most impatient concern for her being set at