' Clinker had by this time
dropt upon one knee, by the side of Mrs Tabitha, who, eyeing him
askance, and flirting her fan with marks of agitation, thought
proper, after some conflict, to hold out her hand for him to
kiss, saying, with a demure aspect, 'Brother, you have been very
wicked: but I hope you'll live to see the folly of your ways -- I
am very sorry to say the young man, whom you have this day
acknowledged, has more grace and religion, by the gift of God,
than you with all your profane learning, and repeated
opportunity -- I do think he has got the trick of the eye, and the
tip of the nose of my uncle Loyd of Flluydwellyn; and as for the
long chin, it is the very moral of the governor's -- Brother, as
you have changed his name pray change his dress also; that livery
doth not become any person that hath got our blood in his
veins.' -- Liddy seemed much pleased with this acquisition to the
family. -- She took him by the hand, declaring she should always be
proud to own her connexion with a virtuous young man, who had
given so many proofs of his gratitude and affection to her
uncle. -- Mrs. Winifred Jenkins, extremely fluttered between her
surprize at this discovery, and the apprehension of losing her
sweet-heart, exclaimed in a giggling tone, -- 'I wish you joy Mr
Clinker -- Floyd -- I would say -- hi, hi, hi! -- you'll be so proud you
won't look at your poor fellow servants, oh, oh, oh!' Honest
Clinker owned he was overjoyed at his good fortune, which was
greater than he deserved -- 'But wherefore should I be proud? (said
he) a poor object conceived in sin, and brought forth in
iniquity, nursed in a parish workhouse, and bred in a smithy.
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