The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle Volume 1 Chapter 60

In which the folly of secret passions brings young Peregrine into peril as schemes and counterplots unfold between him and the wronged husband, culminating in a spiteful encounter by the canal. With honour challenged and tempers inflamed, the affair draws the attention of the law and high authority, who are obliged to weigh the tangled grievances of the parties involved.