Chapter 14: He Is Reduced to a Dreadful Dilemma, in Consequence of an Assignation with the Wife

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌⁠Nor was his whole care and attention engrossed by the execution of this scheme upon the daughter. While he managed his concerns in that quarter with incredible ardour and application, he was not the less indefatigable in the prosecution of his design upon the mother-in-law, which he forwarded with all his art during those opportunities he enjoyed in the absence of Wilhelmina, who was frequently ca