constitution: he was never robust."--"Oh!" replied I, gaily, "he will do very well here when he has his wife."--"He will never have her," returned he, "by remaining here: Miss Cowley must be better wooed to be won."--"We will leave Miss Cowley to be wooed by those suiters who are nearer to her," answered I, "and be contented to receive the wife who has been villified, and it may be ruined in health as well as in peace, _by treachery_." He began to storm. "You had better be quiet," said I, "and thank fortune you are Lady Maclairn's brother: as for mine, within yonder, he is my care, not yours: I will provide for his happiness without delay, and only by signing Oliver Flint, do more to effect it than you have done with your _penmanship_. I have seen you, Mr. Flamall, for the last time, _for I know you_. When Philip is well enough to be _disturbed_, without risk, he shall wait upon you if you please, and introduce to you _Mrs. Lindsey_, who wishes to send a letter to her good friend, _Doctor Maccleod_, whom she finds, to her _surprise_, you correspond with, _although he is in Heaven_." I thought the fellow would have dropped at my feet! I never saw a man _so cut down_! "You will call for what you want," said I, retreating, "I will send a servant to you; but my brother shall not see you to-day." He followed me, without uttering a word, and, mounting his horse, left the house. Poor Philip, who is the most affectionate of creatures, was vexed when I told him of this visit. He wrote to his uncle, who sent back the letter, and quitted the creek plantation. He resides now at the other, and lives like an angry lion in his lair. "Philip will tell you all the particulars of this villany," added he, rising to meet him and Lindsey. "Be sure to advise him not to regard this fellow's stubborn pride; he has been too humble with him, in my opinion, but his mother's peace is always uppermost, and I cannot bear to see him uneasy, so I never name Flamall." Thus far, my dear Sir, you have seen Mr. Flamall as the _guardian_, the _friend_, and the _relative_. I leave to you to draw your own conclusions; but as the detention of the vessel permits me, I will continue my history by informing you that they have amongst them made a fool, to say no worse of your friend, of Henry Sinclair.