enſued, among the Women, that Mr. Allworthy was obliged to exert his Authority to preſerve any Decency among them.
CHAP. VIII.
A Battle ſung by the Muſe in the Homerican Stile, and which none but the claſſical Reader can taſte.
Mr. Weſtern had an Eſtate in this Pariſh; and as his Houſe ſtood at little greater Diſtance from this Church than from his own, he very often came to divine Service here; and both he and the charming Sophia happened to be preſent at this Time.
Sophia was much pleaſed with the Beauty of the Girl, whom ſhe pitied for her Simplicity, in having dreſſed herſelf in that Manner, as ſhe ſaw the Envy which it had occaſioned among her Equals. She no ſooner came home, than ſhe ſent for the Game-keeper, and ordered him to bring his Daughter to her; ſaying, She would provide for her in the Family, and might poſſibly place the Girl about her own Perſon, when her own Maid, who was now going away, had left her.
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