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Stage-coach travel

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Often appears with: roads, journeys, and overland travel · religious persecution and toleration · reconciliation · marriage and betrothal · leaving without leave · journey toward london

Usually: narrative (1) · crisis of belief (1) · reunion (1) · detachment (1) · lament (1)

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders secondary

Daniel Defoe · 1721 (work composed and issued in this form)
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They reconcile emotionally, and he arranges to accompany her toward London; later he has more trouble leaving, and she refuses to let him go without taking leave, insisting on keeping the relationship together.

my pocket, and there found ten guineas, his gold watch, and two little rings, one a small diamond ring worth only about £6, and the other a plain gold ring. I sat me down and looked upon these things two hours together, and scarce spoke a word, till my maid interrupted me by telling me my dinner was ready. I ate but little, and after dinner I fell into a vehement fit of crying, every now and then calling him by his …