 a view of getting out, and going home afoot; a step which
would have afforded a new spectacle to the people of Paris. But I reflected, in
a moment, upon the folly of such a resolution, and soon recollected myself, by
calling my pride to my assistance. I determined, however, that she should act no
more scenes of this kind in my presence, and that same night insisted upon my
lover's dropping all intercourse and connexion with this tormentor. He very
chearfully complied with my desire, and was even glad of an occasion to break
off his acquaintance with a person about whom I had plagued him so much.
    Thus was I freed from the persecution of one of those creatures, who, tho'
of little consequence in themselves, are yet the pests of society, and find
means to destroy that harmony which reigns between two lovers, by the intrusion
of a loose appetite, void of all sensibility and discretion: having no feeling
themselves, they cannot sympathize with that of other people, and do mischief
out of meer wantonness.
    My lover being obliged to go to England, had settled me in a genteel house
in Paris, with a view of returning when his affairs should be adjusted; but when
the time of his departure approached, he began to be uneasy at the prospect of
separation, and, in order to alleviate his anxiety, desired me to accompany him
to Calais, where we stayed together three or four days, during which the dread
of parting became more and more intense: so that we determined upon my following
him into England, by the first opportunity, where I should live altogether
incog, that I might be concealed from the inquiries and attempts of my lord.
Even after this resolution was fixed, we parted with all the agonies of lovers
who despair of ever meeting again; and the wind blowing very high after he had
imbarked, increased my fears. But by the return of the packet-boat, I was
blessed with the report of his being safe arrived in England, and had the
satisfaction of perusing his letters by every post.
    My admirer being thus detached from me, my thoughts were intirely employed
in concerting some private method of conveying myself to him. As I would not
trust myself in the common packet, for fear of being discovered, after having
revolved divers schemes, I determined to transport myself in one of the Dutch
fishing-boats, tho' I knew the passage would be hazardous; but, in a case of
such interesting concern, I overlooked all danger and inconvenience. Before I
put this resolution in practice,
