ABSTRACT
An anxious week now passed, during which the Colonel applied to have his son’s drafts restored to him, in order for payment; but found they had been sent back protested to Gibraltar: a circumstance which gave to Ethelinde the most cruel uneasiness, as she knew that her brother, warm and irritable as he was, would feel the mortification as well as the inconvenience arising from such a circumstance, with particular poignancy. By the return of the post she received a letter from Sir Edward Newenden, enclosing a draft on his banker for the sum Captain Chesterville had drawn for, and entreating her father to apply to him on every occasion without scruple; adding, that as soon as he returned to London he would be happy to be allowed to assist him in regulating his affairs, and hoped to see him again without embarrassment or uneasiness. A conduct so truly generous greatly affected the Colonel, while it impressed on Ethelinde the warmest sentiments of gratitude and affection.
