y lord. If his conduct
was the result of friendship for his patron, he certainly acted the part
of an honest and trusty adherent. But I could not easily forgive
him, because, a few weeks before, he had, by my interest, obtained a
considerable addition to his allowance; and even after the steps he had
taken to disoblige me, I was not so much his enemy but that I prevailed
upon Lord B-- to double his salary, that his leaving the family might
be no detriment to his fortune. His lordship having complied with my
demand, this gentleman, after having stayed three days in the house,
to prepare for his departure, during which I would not suffer him to be
admitted into my presence, made his retreat with a fine young girl, who
was my companion; and I have never seen him since that time.

"Sir T-- still continued furious, and would not take a denial, except
from my own mouth, upon which, with the approbation of Lord B--, I
indulged him with an interview. He entered the apartment with a stern
countenance, and told me I had used him ill. I pleaded guilty to the
charge, and begged his pardon accordingly. I attempted to reason the
case with him, but he would hear no arguments except his own, and even
tried to intimidate me with threats; which provoked me to such a degree,
that I defied his vengeance. I told him, that I feared nothing but the
report of my own conscience; that, though I had acted a simple part, he
durst not say there was anything criminal in my conduct, and that, from
his present frantic and unjust behaviour, I thought myself happy in
having escaped him. He swore I was the most inflexible of all creatures;
asked if nothing would move me; and when I answered, "Nothing," took his
leave, and never after persecuted me with his addresses; though I have
heard he was vain and false enough to boast of favours, which, upon
my honour, he never received, as he himself, at one time, owned to Dr.
Cantwell, at Paris.

"While he underwent all this frenzy and distraction upon my account, he
was loved with the same violence of passion by a certain Scotch lady of
quality, who, when he followed me to France, pursued him thither with
the same eagerness and expedition. Far from being jealous of me as a
rival, she used to come to my house, implore my good offices with the
object of her love, and, laying herself on the floor at full length
before the fire, weep and cry like a person bereft of her senses. She
bitterly complained that he had ne