 who had just quitted the apartment, that I would no longer live under
the same roof with him.
    Lord B- raved like a bedlamite, taxing me with want of candour and
affection; but I easily justified my own integrity, and gave him such assurances
of my love, that his jealousy subsided, and his spirits were recomposed.
Nevertheless I insisted upon his dismissing Mr. C-, on pain of my leaving the
house, as I could not help thinking he had used his endeavours to prejudice me
in the opinion of my 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
us'd him ill. I pleaded guilty to the charge, and begg'd 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, telling him that I feared nothing but the
reproach of my own conscience; that tho' I had acted a simple part, he durst not
say there was any thing 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 afterwards
persecuted me with his addresses; tho' I have heard he was vain and false enough
to boast of favours, which, upon my honour
