The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle Volume 1 Chapter 31

In which the young gentlemen, amidst rural amusements and harmless gallantries, find themselves entangled in a most distressing and comical family fracas upon a secret meeting with Peregrine's sister, whose tender affection and filial sorrow provoke a violent maternal wrath. The scene concludes with a spirited defence, the intervention of loyal friends, and the reluctant displacement of the young lady to her uncle’s care, thereby inflaming domestic animosities and bitter recriminations among the household.