Containing a Conversation Which Mr. Jones Had With Himself
- Jones gets his stuff from Squire Allworthy the following morning.
- Attached to his luggage is a letter from Mr. Blifil telling Tom not to expect Squire Allworthy ever to forgive him.
- Tom decides that he has to leave.
- He can't just keep lingering in the area when he knows he won't be seeing Sophia again.
- But where should he go?
- Here, Tom hits a couple of snags:
- (1) All of the other people he knows are friends of Squire Allworthy's, so he can't expect them to help him; and
- (2) He has no idea what to do for a job, because you need money to get started in any trade or enterprise.
- He decides that his only option is to go to sea.
- So Tom sets off for the city of Bristol (a major port city in the southwest of England).