He had even vowed to drive the saul out of the
body of that mad rascal: but, perceiving the unexpected turn
which things had taken, he wished him joy of his good fortune,
observing that it went very near his heart, as he was like to be
a great toe out of pocket by the discovery -- Mr Dennison now
desired to know for what reason my uncle had changed the name by
which he knew him at Oxford, and our 'squire satisfied him, by
answering to this effect -- 'I took my mother's name, which was
Loyd, as heir to her lands in Glamorganshire; but when I came of
age, I sold that property, in order to clear my paternal estate,
and resumed my real name; so that I am now Matthew Bramble of
Brambleton-hall in Monmouthshire, at your service; and this is my
nephew, Jeremy Melford of Belfield, in the county of Glamorgan.'
At that instant the ladies entering the room, he presented Mrs
Tabitha as his sister, and Liddy as his niece. The old gentleman
saluted them very cordially, and seemed struck with the
appearance of my sister, whom he could not help surveying with a
mixture of
complacency and surprize -- 'Sister (said my uncle), there is a
poor relation that recommends himself to your good graces -- The
quondam Humphry Clinker is metamorphosed into Matthew Loyd; and
claims the honour of being your carnal kinsman -- in short, the
rogue proves to be a crab of my own planting in the days of hot
blood and unrestrained libertinism.
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