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This happy pair proposing to retire -LRB- for no other person gave the least symptom of desiring rest -RRB- , they all repaired to several beds provided for them in the same house ; nor was Adams himself suffered to go home , it being a stormy night . Fanny indeed often begged she might go home with the parson ; but her stay was so strongly insisted on , that she at last , by Joseph 's advice , consented . _ Containing several curious night-adventures , in which Mr Adams fell into many hair-breadth ` scapes , partly owing to his goodness , and partly to his inadvertency . _ About an hour after they had all separated -LRB- it being now past three in the morning -RRB- , beau Didapper , whose passion for Fanny permitted him not to close his eyes , but had employed his imagination in contrivances how to satisfy his desires , at last hit on a method by which he hoped to effect it . He had ordered his servant to bring him word where Fanny lay , and had received his information ; he therefore arose , put on his breeches and nightgown , and stole softly along the gallery which led to her apartment ; and , being come to the door , as he imagined it , he opened it with the least noise possible and entered the chamber . A savour now invaded his nostrils which he did not expect in the room of so sweet a young creature , and which might have probably had no good effect on a cooler lover . However , he groped out the bed with difficulty , for there was not a glimpse of light , and , opening the curtains , he whispered in Joseph 's voice -LRB- for he was an excellent mimic -RRB- , `` Fanny , my angel !