Chapter 27: A Flagrant Instance of Fathom’s Virtue, in the Manner of His Retreat to England

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌⁠Fathom, who had lent an attentive ear to every circumstance of this disastrous story, no sooner heard it concluded, than, with an aspect of generous and cordial compassion, not even unattended with tears, he condoled the lamentable fate of Don Diego de Zelos, deplored the untimely death of the gentle Antonia and the fair Serafina, and undertook the interest of the wretched Castilian with such warm