ABSTRACT
Cloudesley had no sooner dispatched his letter, than he began again, and with redoubled earnestness, to ruminate on the conduct he should pursue. He of course entertained a very uncertain hope that his expostulation, however fervent, would have the effect, to recal me to the path of duty, and to induce me to tread back again the devious steps in which I had involved myself. He had also threatened me. He had not felt sure, even while he wrote, / that he would launch into the hostile proceeding he had menaced. But he had judged it right to strengthen with this additional force the considerations with which he assailed me.
