He requested of the latter, that should he see Mrs.Temple, he would make no allusions to the circumstance, especially as she was at the period in question not far from her confinement, and it was impossible to say what unpleasant or dangerous effects an abrupt mention of so dreadful a circumstance might have upon her.
In a few minutes Purcel and his patron were on their way to Longshot Lodge, the residence of the proctor.

At the solicitation of the parson, however, they avoided the direct line of road, and reached home by one that was much more circuitous, and as the latter thought also more safe.
Here, after Waiting for the arrival of the mail coach, which he resolved to meet on its way to the metropolis, he partook of a lunch, which, even to his voluptuous palate, was one that he could not but admit to be excellent.

He received four hundred pounds from the proctor, for which he merely gave him a note of hand, and in a short time was on his way to the metropolis..