he squire, having consulted an attorney about the
nature of the dispute, in hopes of being able to prosecute Peregrine
for an assault, found little encouragement to go to law: he therefore
resolved to pocket the insult and injury he had undergone, and to
discontinue his addresses to her who was the cause of both.

Our lover being told by his mistress that she proposed to stay a
fortnight longer in Windsor, he determined to enjoy her company all that
time, and then to give her a convoy to the house of her mother, whom he
longed to see. In consequence of this plan, he every day contrived some
fresh party of pleasure for the ladies, to whom he had by this time free
access; and entangled himself so much in the snares of love, that he
seemed quite enchanted by Emilia's charms, which were now indeed almost
irresistible. While he thus heedlessly roved in the flowery paths of
pleasure, his governor at Oxford alarmed at the unusual duration of
his absence, went to the young gentlemen who had accompanied him in his
excursion, and very earnestly entreated them to tell him, what they
knew concerning his pupil: they accordingly gave him an account of the
reencounter that happened between Peregrine and Miss Emily Gauntlet in
the castle, and mentioned circumstances sufficient to convince him that
his charge was very dangerously engaged.

Far from having an authority over Peregrine, Mr. Jolter durst not even
disoblige him: therefore, instead of writing to the commodore, he took
horse immediately, and that same night reached Windsor, where he found
his stray sheep very much surprised at his unexpected arrival. The
governor desiring to have some serious conversation with him, they
shut themselves up in an apartment, when Jolter, with great solemnity,
communicated the cause of his journey, which was no other than his
concern for his pupil's welfare; and very gravely undertook to prove,
by mathematical demonstration, that this intrigue, if further pursued,
would tend to the young gentleman's ruin and disgrace. This singular
proposition raised the curiosity of Peregrine, who promised to yield all
manner of attention, and desired him to begin without further preamble.

The governor, encouraged by this appearance of candour, expressed his
satisfaction in finding him so open to conviction, and told him he would
proceed upon geometrical principles; then, hemming thrice, observed that
no mathematical inquiries could be carried on, except upon c