ease to my mind; and I was thankful to the Lord therefor.

Thus it fared with me there; but at home it fared otherwise with my
father. He, supposing I had betaken myself to my chamber when he
took my hat from me, made no inquiry after me till evening came; and
then, sitting by the fire and considering that the weather was very
cold, he said to my sister, who sat by him: "Go up to your
brother's chamber, and call him down; it may be he will sit there
else, in a sullen fit, till he has caught cold." "Alas! sir," said
she, "he is not in his chamber, nor in the house neither."

At that my farther, starting, said: "Why, where is he then?"--"I
know not, sir," said she, "where he is; but I know that when he saw
you had sent away his horse he put on shoes, and went out on foot,
and I have not seen him since. And indeed, sir," added she, "I
don't wonder at his going away, considering how you used him." This
put my father into a great fright doubting I was gone quite away;
and so great a passion of grief seized on him, that he forebore not
to weep, and to cry out aloud, so that the family heard him: "Oh,
my son! I shall never see him more; for he is of so bold and
resolute a spirit that he will run himself into danger, and so may
be thrown into some gaol or other, where he may lie and die before I
can hear of him." Then bidding her light him up to his chamber, he
went immediately to bed, where he lay restless and groaning, and
often bemoaning himself and me, for the greater part of the night.

Next morning my sister sent a man (whom for his love to me she knew
she could trust) to give me this account; and though by him she sent
me also fresh linen for my use, in case I should go farther or stay
out longer, yet she desired me to come home as soon as I could.