arsh terms, that a formal challenge ensued. They agreed to
decide their difference without witnesses, and one morning, before
sunrise, met on that very common where Mr. Greaves had saved the life of
Aurelia. The first pistol was fired on each side without any effect, but
Mr. Darnel's second wounded the young squire in the flank; nevertheless,
having a pistol in reserve, he desired his antagonist to ask his life.
The other, instead of submitting, drew his sword, and Mr. Greaves, firing
his piece into the air, followed his example. The contest then became
very hot, though of short continuance. Darnel being disarmed at the
first onset, our young squire gave him back the sword, which he was base
enough to use a second time against his conqueror. Such an instance of
repeated ingratitude and brutal ferocity divested Mr. Greaves of his
temper and forbearance. He attacked Mr. Anthony with great fury, and at
the first lunge ran him up to the hilt, at the same time seized with his
left hand the shell of his enemy's sword, which he broke in disdain. Mr.
Darnel having fallen, the other immediately mounted his horse, which he
had tied to a tree before the engagement, and, riding full speed to
Ashenton, sent a surgeon to Anthony's assistance. He afterwards
ingenuously confessed all these particulars to his father, who was
overwhelmed with consternation, for the wounds of Darnel were judged
mortal; and, as no person had seen the particulars of the duel, Mr.
Launcelot might have been convicted of murder.

"On these considerations, before a warrant could be served upon him, the
old knight, by dint of the most eager entreaties, accompanied with marks
of horror and despair, prevailed upon his son to withdraw himself from
the kingdom until such time as the storm should be overblown. Had his
heart been unengaged, he would have chose to travel, but at this period,
when his whole soul was engrossed, and so violently agitated by his
passion for Aurelia, nothing but the fear of seeing the old gentleman run
distracted would have induced him to desist from the pursuit of that
young lady, far less quit the kingdom where she resided.

"Well then, gemmen, he repaired to Harwich, where he embarked for
Holland, from whence he proceeded to Brussels, where he procured a
passport from the French king, by virtue of which he travelled to
Marseilles, and there took a tartan for Genoa. The first letter Sir
Everhard received from him was dated at Fl