never ſo thoroughly pierces the human Breaſt, as when it proceeds from thoſe in whoſe Behalf we have been guilty of Tranſgreſſions. Reflections on great and good Actions, however they are received or returned by thoſe in whoſe Favour they are performed, always adminiſter ſome Comfort to us; but what Conſolation ſhall we receive under ſo biting a Calamity as the ungrateful Behaviour of our Friend, when our wounded Conſcience at the fame Time flies in our Face, and upbraids us with having ſpotted it in the Service of one ſo worthleſs?
Mr. Allworthy himſelf ſpoke to the Captain in his Brother’s Behalf, and deſired to know what Offence the Doctor had committed; when the hard-hearted Villain had the Bafeneſs to ſay, that he ſhould never forgive him for the Injury which he had endeavoured to do him in his Favour; which, he ſaid, he had pumped out of him, and was ſuch a Cruelty, that it ought not to be forgiven.
Allworthy ſpoke in very high Terms upon this Declaration, which, he ſaid, became not a human Creature. He expreſſed, indeed, ſo much Reſentment againſt an unforgiving Temper, that the Captain at laſtpretended
