lodgings of my lawyer, whom I could trust. Having made
him acquainted with the circumstances of my distress, and consulted him
about a proper place of retreat, after some recollection, he directed me
to a little house in a court, to which, by the assistance of my lover,
my woman and clothes were safely conveyed that same evening.

"My lord, however, came to dinner, according to invitation, and did not
seem at all alarmed when my maid told him I was gone, but stepped to my
lawyer to know if he thought I should return. Upon his answering in the
affirmative, and advising his lordship to go back in the meantime, and
eat the dinner I had provided, he very deliberately took his advice,
made a very hearty meal, drank his bottle of wine, and, as I did not
return according to his expectation, withdrew in order to consult his
associates. This motion of his furnished my woman with an opportunity of
making her retreat; and, when he returned at night, the coast was clear,
and he found nobody in the house, but a porter, who had been left to
take care of the furniture. He was so enraged at this disappointment,
that he made a furious noise, which raised the whole neighbourhood,
reinforced his crew with the authority of a justice of the peace,
tarried in the street till three o'clock in the morning, discharged a
lodging he had hired at a barber's shop opposite to the house from which
I had escaped, and retired with the comfortable reflection of having
done everything which a man could do to retrieve me.

"The hurry of spirits and surprise I had undergone in effecting this
retreat, produced such a disorder in my constitution, that I began
to fear I should be delivered before I could be provided with the
necessaries for the occasion. I signified my apprehension to Mr.
S--, who, with infinite care and concern, endeavoured to find a more
convenient place; and, after all his inquiries, was obliged to fix upon
a paltry apartment in the city, though his tenderness was extremely
shocked at the necessity of choosing it. However, there was no remedy,
nor time to be lost, To this miserable habitation I was carried in a
hackney-coach; and, though extremely ill, bore my fate with spirit and
resignation, in testimony of my sincere and indelible attachment to
my lover, for whose case and pleasure, I could have suffered every
inconvenience, and even sacrificed my life.

"Immediately after I had taken possession of my wretched apartment, I
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