The Novels of Henry Fielding Esq Author:Henry Fielding Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: to the relief of his distressed friend. But before we proceed any further with the captain we will return to poor Amelia, for whom, considering the situation in ... more »which we left her, the good-natured reader may be, perhaps, in no small degree solicitous. CHAPTER III. OOBTAINING SOME KXTRAORDINAHY BEHAVIOR IN MBS. ELLISON. The sergeant being departed to convey Mrs. Ellison to the captain, his wife went to fetch Amelia's children to their mother. Amelia's concern for the distresses of her husband was aggravated at the sight of her children. " Good heavens !" she cried, "what will—what can become of these poor little wretches ? why have I produced these little creatures only to give them a share of poverty and misery ?" At which words she embraced them eagerly in her arms, and bedewed them both with her tears. The children's eyes soon overflowed as fast as their mother's, though neither of them knew the cause of her affliction. The little boy, who was the elder and much the sharper of the two, imputed the agonies of his mother to her i 11 liens, according to the account brought to his father in his presence. When Amelia became acquainted with the child's apprehensions, she soon satisfied him that she was in a perfect state of health ; at which the little thing expressed great satisfaction, and said he was glad she was well again. Amelia told him she had not been in the least disordered. Upon which the innocent cried out, " La ! how can people tell such libs ? a great tall man told my papa you was taken very ill at Mrs. Somebody's shop, and my poor papa presently ran downstairs : I was afraid he would have broke hie neck to come to you." Amelia's concern for the distrcs-i of her Imslnmd wus aravated at the .siirht of her children. Engr r.d by J. Sir,tnd, rs, from...« less