ck, fainted
away. I leave you to guess, gemmen, what were his feelings at this
instant. The mother was not so discomposed, but that she could
contribute to the recovery of her daughter, whom the young squire still
supported in his embrace. At length she retrieved the use of her senses,
and, perceiving the situation in which she was, the blood revisited her
face with a redoubled glow, while she desired him to set her down upon
the turf.

"Mrs. Darnel, far from being shy or reserved in her compliments of
acknowledgments, kissed Mr. Launcelot without ceremony, the tears of
gratitude running down her cheeks; she called him her dear son, her
generous deliverer, who, at the hazard of his own life, had saved her and
her child from the most dismal fate that could be imagined.

"Mr. Greaves was so much transported on this occasion, that he could not
help disclosing a passion, which he had hitherto industriously concealed.
'What I have done,' said he, 'was but a common office of humanity, which
I would have performed for any of my fellow-creatures; but for the
preservation of Miss Aurelia Darnel, I would at any time sacrifice my
life with pleasure.' The young lady did not hear this declaration
unmoved. Her face was again flushed, and her eyes sparkled with
pleasure. Nor was the youth's confession disagreeable to the good lady,
her mother, who, at one glance, perceived all the advantages of such an
union between the two families.

"Mr. Greaves proposed to send the coachman to his father's stable for a
pair of sober horses, that could be depended upon, to draw the ladies
home to their own habitation; but they declined the offer, and chose to
walk, as the distance was not great. He then insisted upon his being
their conductor; and, each taking him under the arm, supported them to
their own gate, where such an apparition filled all the domestics with
astonishment. Mrs. Darnel taking him by the hand, led him into the
house, where she welcomed him with another affectionate embrace, and
indulged him with an ambrosial kiss of Aurelia, saying, 'But for you, we
had both been by this time in eternity. Sure it was Heaven that sent you
as an angel to our assistance!' She kindly inquired if he had himself
sustained any damage in administering that desperate remedy to which they
owed their lives. She entertained him with a small collation; and, in
the course of the conversation, lamented the animosity which had so long
divided two