ABSTRACT
Whileour hero’s breast was, as we have seen, the prey of disappointed love, Letitia suffered the most severe persecution from her family, on account of that attachment to him which she was endeavouring / to erase from her bosom. She was not only constantly teized with the remonstrances and menaces of squire Aaron, but by the insolence of the domestics, whom the tyrant employed as spies on her conduct. One of the servants, in particular, who resembled Aaron in low cunning and cruelty, was the chief favourite of his master, and the willing instrument of his oppressions. Nero (for that was his name) had particular cause also for his zeal on this occasion, as he was the unsuccessful rival of Sancho in the gentle Bab’s affections, and attributed his defeat to the influence of our hero and Letitia in favour of his opponent. An occurrence, which was the theme of the neighbourhood, at this time, will manifest the zeal of the servant, and the tyranny of the master.
