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`` Perhaps it may , '' answered he ; `` or , if you will , you may call it fear . I own I am afraid of obligations , as the worst kind of debts ; for I have generally observed those who confer them expect to be repaid ten thousand-fold . '' Here ended all that is material of their discourse ; and a little time afterwards , they both fell fast asleep in one another 's arms ; from which time Booth had no more restlessness , nor any further perturbation in his dreams . Their repose , however , had been so much disturbed in the former part of the night , that , as it was very late before they enjoyed that sweet sleep I have just mentioned , they lay abed the next day till noon , when they both rose with the utmost chearfulness ; and , while Amelia bestirred herself in the affairs of her family , Booth went to visit the wounded colonel . He found that gentleman still proceeding very fast in his recovery , with which he was more pleased than he had reason to be with his reception ; for the colonel received him very coldly indeed , and , when Booth told him he had received perfect satisfaction from his brother , Bath erected his head and answered with a sneer , `` Very well , sir , if you think these matters can be so made up , d -- n me if it is any business of mine . My dignity hath not been injured . '' `` No one , I believe , '' cries Booth , `` dare injure it . ''