eregrination, I began to be exceedingly alarmed with the
apprehension of being met by some person who might know me; because in
that case, my design would undoubtedly have been discovered, from every
circumstance of my appearance at that time of day; for I had put on
the very clothes which I had pulled off overnight, so that my dress was
altogether odd and peculiar. My shoes were very fine, and over a large
hoop I wore a pink satin quilted petticoat trimmed with silver, which
was partly covered by a white dimity night-gown, a full quarter of
a yard too short; my handkerchief and apron were hurried on without
pinning; my nightcap could not contain my hair, which hung about my
ears in great disorder; and my countenance denoted a mixture of hope and
fear, joy and shame.

"In this dilemma, I made my addresses to that honourable member of
society, a shoe-black, whom I earnestly entreated to provide me with a
coach or chair, promising to reward him liberally for his trouble, but
he, having the misfortune to be lame, was unable to keep up with
my pace; so that by his advice and direction, I went into the first
public-house I found open, where I stayed some time, in the utmost
consternation, among a crew of wretches whom I thought proper to bribe
for their civility, not without the terror of being stripped. At length,
however, my messenger returned with a chair, of which I took immediate
possession; and fearing that, by this time, my family would be alarmed,
and send directly to Lord W--'s lodgings, I ordered myself to be carried
thither backwards, that so I might pass undiscovered.

"This stratagem succeeded according to my wish; I ran upstairs, in a
state of trepidation, to my faithful lover, who waited for me with the
most impatient and fearful suspense. At sight of me his eyes lightened
with transport: he caught me in his arms, as the richest present Heaven
could bestow; gave me to understand that my father had already sent to
his lodgings in quest of me; then applauding my love and resolution in
the most rapturous terms, he ordered a hackney-coach to be called, and,
that we might run no risk of separation, attended me to church, where we
were lawfully joined in the sight of Heaven.

"His fears were then all over, but mine recurred with double
aggravation: I dreaded the sight of my father, and shared all the sorrow
he suffered on account of my undutiful behaviour; for I loved him with
such piety of affection, that I would