AUBREY. CHAPTER XIII. However obfcure the Ways of Providence, a found Mind naturally endeavours to trace them. THE Converfation of a pure and openhearted youth, and the arrangement for difpofing of his pictures, had drawn off Aubrey's attention from the mortifications he had received: but, fcarcely had he parted with Senfitive, when the recollection of them revived his disgust at the world, heated his fancy with images of new infults, and again directed his wishes to Mariton and a country life. VOL. II. B He He was, however, unwilling to plant ftings in the heart of the woman he loved; and he therefore resumed all the chearfulness he could as he entered his houfe, met his family with fmiles, talked of the hopes he had conceived from his interview with Mr. Flourish, and gave Cæfar directions for the removal of the pictures in the morning. In fpite of his efforts to preserve a gaiety of countenance, he frequently caught himself in a reverie, and he obferved a gloom on every face, of which he fufpected his own dejection to be the cause. He dined alone with his family; and afterwards had recourfe with fuccefs to their mufical talents to recover his fpirits they played, fung, danced, forgot the world, and were happy. The next morning the pictures were removed to Mr. Flourish's; and Aubrey Spent the forenoon in examining them, and |