 then left to get her into his power, was to propose a marriage, which he accordingly offered; and as they were both under age, a journey to Scotland was agreed upon.
They set off in the usual run-away mode; but her lover had ordered the postilions to travel westward instead

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of northward, and when they arrived at Birmingham, he told her they were then at Berwick upon Tweed, and procured a person in the habit of a clergyman to perform the marriage ceremony.—The innocent girl had not the least suspicion of the deceit, and returned to London perfectly happy in the firm belief of her being legally married to the man she loved.
During their journey, both going and coming back, he had charged her whenever she was out of his sight, to keep a handkerchief close to her mouth, and not to utter a syllable to any of the maid-servants who attended her. This command she had punctually obeyed, though the caution was unnecessary; for as she had no doubts,

she wou'd not have made any enquiries.—
On their return to town, he took lodgings for her in a little street near Marybone, and told her that she must be contented to live in the utmost privacy and retirement, and by no means to assume his name, or reveal herself to her relation in Tavistock-street, as his father was living, and wou'd certainly disinherit him if his marriage was discovered.—To these prudent restrictions she readily agreed, and spent a year almost in the closest consinement, hardly ever stirring out, but at a very early hour in the morning, or in the dusk of the evening.—During this period of time, she lay in of a daughter, which increased her happiness, by affording her constant employment in suckling and attending

her, and made the tedious hours of her husband's frequent absences, pass with less regret away.—
As soon as they were married, he possessed himself of the little fortune that her parents had left her, Mrs. Weston not having appointed any trustee, and the money being placed in the funds.—As his fondness abated, his supplied towards her declined, and she has frequently had no other subsistence for many days than bread and tea.
In this inhuman manner did the monster continue to treat the unhappy girl for near two years; till at length, upon her venturing gently to remonstrate against his barbarity to his child and her, he informed her, that she was not any longer to consider herself as his wife, and

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