:wards him, and very soon explained who he was byher words & her actions. M^r Stanley, who so fondly doat::ed on his son, that the pleasure of seeing him againafter an absence of three Months prevented his feeling for the time any anger against him for re::turning to England without his knowledge, receiv::ed him with equal surprise & delight; and sooncomprehending the cause of his Journey, forbore any farther conversation with him, as he was eager tosee his Mother, & it was neceſsary that he shouldbe introduced to M^r Dudley's family. This introduc::tion to any one but Stanley would have been high::ly unpleasant, for they considered their dignity injured by his coming uninvited to their house, & received him with more than their usual haugh::tineſs: But Stanley who ^with joi^ned to a vivacity of temper seldom subdued, & a contempt of censurenot to be overcome, poſseſsed an opinion of his own Consequence, & a perseverance in his own schemes which were not to be damped by the conduct ofothers, appeared not to perceive it. The Civilities therefore which they coldly offered, he received with