 greatly became him: For I cannot deny, but that he was the handsomest and
genteelest Person in the World; tho' such Considerations advanced him not a Step
in my Favour.
    My Husband now returned from Church, (for this happened on a Sunday) and
was, by my Lord's particular Desire, ushered into the Room. My Lord received him
with the utmost Politeness, and with many Professions of Esteem; which, he said,
he had conceived from Mrs. Ellison s Representations of his Merit. He then
proceeded to mention the Living, which was detained from my Husband, of which
Mrs. Ellison had likewise informed him; and said, he thought it would be no
difficult Matter, to obtain a Restoration of it by the Authority of the Bishop,
who was his particular Friend, and to whom he would take an immediate
Opportunity of mentioning it. This, at last, he determined to do the very next
Day; when he invited us both to Dinner, where we were to be acquainted with his
Lordship's Success.
    My Lord now insisted on my Husband's staying Supper with him, without taking
any Notice of me; but Mrs. Ellison declared, he should not part Man and Wife;
and that she herself would stay with me. The Motion was too agreeable to me to
be rejected; and, except the little Time I retired to put my Child to Bed, we
spent together the most agreeable Evening imaginable; nor was it, I believe,
easy to decide, whether Mr. Bennet or myself were most delighted with his
Lordship and Mrs. Ellison; but this I assure you, the Generosity of the one, and
the extreme Civility and Kindness of the other were the Subjects of our
Conversation all the ensuing Night, during which we neither of us closed our
Eyes.
    The next Day, at Dinner, my Lord acquainted us, that he had prevailed with
the Bishop to write to the Clergyman in the Country; indeed, he told us, that he
had engaged the Bishop to be very warm in our Interest, and had not the least
Doubt of Success. This threw us both into a Flow of Spirits; and in the
Afternoon, Mr. Bennet, at Mrs. Ellison's Request, which was seconded by his
Lordship, related the History of our Lives, from our first Acquaintance. My Lord
seemed much affected with some tender Scenes, which, as no Man could better
feel, so none could better describe than my Husband. When he had finished, my
Lord begged Pardon for mentioning an Occurrence which gave him
