The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle Volume 1 Chapter 41

In which the volatile passions of youth embroil our hero in a complicated affair involving a lady restrained by her jealous husband, leading to a daring elopement hastily arranged beyond the city's reach. The intervention of the British ambassador ultimately restores the lady to her rightful spouse, though her confinement and the promise of a convent await as awkward remedies for the unruly entanglement.