eave the company and go to bed by seven o'clock in the
evening. On these occasions, I always disappeared, giving up every
consideration to that of pleasing my husband, notwithstanding the
ridicule of his relations, who taxed me with having spoiled him with
too much indulgence. But how could I express too much tenderness and
condescension for a man, who doted upon me to such excess, that,
when business obliged him to leave me, he always snatched the first
opportunity to return, and often rode through darkness, storms, and
tempests to my arms?

"Having stayed about seven months in this place, I found myself in a
fair way of being a mother, and that I might be near my own relations
in such an interesting situation, I and my dear companion departed
from H--n, not without great reluctance; for I was fond of the Scots in
general, who treated me with great hospitality and respect; and to this
day, they paid me the compliment of saying, I was one of the best wives
in that country which is so justly celebrated for good women.

"Lord W-- having attended me to my father's house, was obliged to
return to Scotland, to support his interest in being elected member of
Parliament; so that he took his leave of me, with a full resolution of
seeing me again before the time of my lying-in; and all the comfort
I enjoyed in his absence, was the perusal of his letters, which I
punctually received, together with those of his sister, who, from time
to time, favoured me with assurances of his constancy and devotion.
Indeed, these testimonials were necessary to one of my disposition; for
I was none of those who could be contented with half a heart. I could
not even spare one complacent look to any other woman, but expected
the undivided homage of his love. Had I been disappointed in this
expectation, I should, though a wife, have rebelled or died.

"Meanwhile my parents treated me with great tenderness, intending that
Lord W-- should be settled in a house of his own, and accommodated with
my fortune, and his expectations from the queen were very sanguine, when
I was taken ill, and delivered of a dead child, an event which affected
me extremely. When I understood the extent of my misfortune, my heart
throbbed with such violence, that my breast could scarce contain it;
and my anxiety, being aggravated by the absence of my lord, produced a
dangerous fever, of which he was no sooner apprised by letter, than he
came post from Scotland; but, before hi