"
"Well, then," said I, "I do promise you that when I shall have
received from you a fresh command to appear before you, I will, if
the Lord permit me life, health, and liberty, appear when and where
you shall appoint."
"It is enough," said they; "we will take your word." And desiring
me to give their hearty respects and service to Madam Penn, they
dismissed me with their good wishes for a good journey.
I was sensible that in this they had dealt very favourably and
kindly with me, therefore I could not but acknowledge to them the
sense I had thereof; which done, I took leave of them, and mounting,
returned home with what haste I could, to let my wife know how I had
sped. And having given her a summary account of the business, I
took horse again, and went so far that evening towards Worminghurst
that I got thither pretty early next morning, and to my great
satisfaction found my friend in a hopeful way towards recovery.
I stayed some days with her, and then, finding her illness wear
daily off, and some other Friends being come from London to visit
her, I, mindful of my engagement to the Justices, and unwilling by
too long an absence to give them occasion to suspect I was willing
to avoid their summons, leaving those other Friends to bear her
company longer, took my leave of her and them, and set my face
homewards, carrying with me the welcome account of my friend's
recovery.
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