Was accidental, but it was not lost.

“Ah! my good Friend, be sure such things as these

Suit well enough a man who lives at ease.

Think what ‘The Betsy’ cost, and think the shock

Of losing her upon the Dodder-Rock!

The tidings reach’d me on the very day

That villain robb’d us, and then ran away.

Loss upon loss! now if”——

“Do stay a bit;” 230

Exclaim’d the Squire, “these matters hardly fit