frequently expoſing his Neck to the utmoſt Hazard.
The ſtrongeſt Objection was that which would have formerly been an Inducement to her, namely, the frequent Meeting with young Jones, whom ſhe had determined to avoid; but as the End of the hunting Seaſon now approached, ſhe hoped, by a ſhort Abſence with her Aunt, to reaſon herſelf entirely out of her unfortunate Paſſion; and had not any Doubt of being able to meet him in the Field the ſubſsequent Seaſon without the leaſt Danger.
On the ſecond Day of her Hunting, as ſhe was returning from the Chace, and was arrived within a little Diſtance from Mr. Weſtern’s Houſe, her Horſe, whoſe mettleſome Spirit required a better Rider, fell ſuddenly to prancing and capering, in ſuch a Manner, that ſhe was in the moſt eminent Peril of falling. Tom Jones, who was at a little Diſtance behind, ſaw this, and immediately leapt from his own Horſe and caught hold of her’s by the Bridle. The unruly Beaſt preſently reared himſelf an End on his hind Legs,
