“The doctor, at one time, was the more patient with these delays, as he was willing that the carni-val at Venice should be over, before he suffered his pupil to go to that city. But Lorimer, suspecting his intention, slipt thither unknown to his governor, at the very beginning of it; and the doctor was forced to follow him: and when there, had the mor-tification of hearing of him (for the young man avoid — ed his governor as much as possible) as one of the most riotous persons there.

“In vain did the doctor, when he saw his pupil, set before him the example of Mr. Grandison; a much younger man. All the effect which the reading of Mr. Grandison’s letters had upon him, was to make him hate the more both his governor and that gentleman. By one of these letters only, did he do himself temporary credit. It was written some months before it was shewn him, and described some places of note through which Mr. Grandison had passed, and through which the doctor and his charge had also more lately passed. The mean creature contrived to steal it, and his father having often urged for a specimen of his son’s observations on his travels, he copied it almost verbatim, and transmitted it as his own to his father; only letting the doctor know, after he had sent it away, that he had written.

“The doctor doubted not, but Lorimer had exposed himself; but was very much surprised, when he received a congratulatory letter from the father on his son’s improvements, mingled with some little asperity on the doctor, for having set out his son to his disadvantage: ‘ I could not doubt,’ said the fond father, ‘ that a son of mine had genius: he wanted nothing but to apply.’ And then he gave orders for doubting the value of his ne^t remittance.

“The doctor took the young gentleman to task about it. He owned what he had done, and gloried in his contrivance. But his governor thought it incumbent upon him to undeceive the father, and to save him the extraordinary part of his remittance.

“The young man was enraged at the doctor, for exposing him, as he called it, to his father, and for the check he was continually giving to his lawless appetites; and falling into acquaintance with a cour-tezan, who was infamous for ruining many young travellers by her subtle and dangerous contrivances, they joined in a resolution to revenge themselves on the doctor, whom they considered as their greatest enemy.

“Several projects they fell upon: one in parti-cular, was, to accuse him, by a third hand, as con cerning himself with affairs of state in Venice: a crime, which in that jealous republic, is never over-looked, and generally ends fatall}’ for the accused; who, if seized, is hardly ever heard of afterwards.