t me, with three maids and Thomas, at Rotterdam, while he
took a house, furnished it, and had everything ready for my reception,
which was done with great expedition. One of his footmen came with a
letter to me one morning, to let me know his master would come by the
scow next day to take me home, in which he desired that I would prepare
for my departure. I soon got everything ready, and the next morning, on
the arrival of the scow, I saw my husband; and we both, with all the
servants, left the city of Rotterdam, and safely got to the Hague the
afternoon following.

It was now the servants had notice given them to call me by the name of
"my lady," as the honour of baronetage had entitled me, and with which
title I was pretty well satisfied, but should have been more so had not
I yet the higher title of countess in view.

I now lived in a place where I knew nobody, neither was I known, on
which I was pretty careful whom I became acquainted with; our
circumstances were very good, my husband loving, to the greatest degree,
my servants respectful; and, in short, I lived the happiest life woman
could enjoy, had my former crimes never crept into my guilty conscience.

I was in this happy state of life when I wrote a letter to the Quaker,
in which I gave her a direction where she might send to me. And about a
fortnight after, as I was one afternoon stepping into my coach in order
to take an airing, the postman came to our door with letters, one of
which was directed to me, and as soon as I saw it was the Quaker's hand,
I bid the coachman put up again, and went into my closet to read the
contents, which were as follows:

"DEAR FRIEND,--I have had occasion to write to thee several times
since we saw each other, but as this is my first letter, so it
shall contain all the business thou wouldst know. I got safe to
London, by thy careful ordering of the coach, and the attendants
were not at all wanting in their duty. When I had been at home a
few days, thy woman, Mrs. Amy, came to see me, so I took her to
task as thou ordered me, about murdering thy pretended daughter;
she declared her innocence, but said she had procured a false
evidence to swear a large debt against her, and by that means had
put her into a prison, and fee'd the keepers to hinder her from
sending any letter or message out of the prison to any person
whatever. This, I suppose, was the reason thou though