d that it will be impossible
for you to see me, until my brother's suspicion shall abate, or
Heaven contrive some other unforeseen event in our behalf. In
the meantime, you may depend on the constancy and affection of

"Your own
"Narcissa.

"P. S. Miss Williams, who is my fellow prisoner, desires to be
remembered to you. We are both in good health, and only in pain
for you, especially as it will be impracticable for you to
convey any message or letter to the place of our confinement; for
which reason pray desist from the attempt, that, by miscarrying,
might prolong our captivity.
"N--."

This kind letter afforded me great consolation: I communicated it to
Banter, and, at the same time, showed him her picture: he approved of
her beauty and good sense, and could not help owning that my neglect
of Miss Snapper was excusable, when such a fine creature engrossed my
attention.

I began to be reconciled to my fate, and imagined, that, if I could
contrive means of subsisting until my uncle should arrive, in case he
were not already at home, he would enable me to do something effectual
in behalf of my love and fortune; I therefore consulted Banter about
a present supply, who no sooner understood that I had credit, with
a tailor, than he advised me to take off two or three suits of rich
clothes, and convert them into cash, by selling them at half-price to
a salesman in Monmouth Street. I was startled at this proposal, which
I thought savoured a little of fraud; he rendered it palatable, by
observing that, in a few months, I might be in a condition to do
everybody justice; and, in the meantime, I was acquitted by the honesty
of my intention. I suffered myself to be persuaded by his salvo, by
which my necessity, rather than my judgment, was convinced; and, when
I found there were no accounts of the ship in which my uncle embarked,
actually put the scheme in practice, and raised by it five-and-twenty
guineas, paying him for his advice with the old five.

CHAPTER LXI

I am arrested--carried to the Marshalsea--find my old Acquaintance beau
Jackson in that Jail--he informs me of his Adventures--Strap arrives,
and with difficulty is comforted--Jackson introduces me to a Poet--I
admire his Conversation and Capacity--am deeply affected with my
Misfortune--Strap hires himself as a Journeyman Barber

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