at which he comes directly up to me, kisses me, took me in his
Arms, embrac'd me with so much Passion, that he could not speak, but I could
feel his Breast heave and throb like a Child that Cries, but Sobs, and cannot
cry it out.
    I can neither express or describe the Joy, that touch'd my very Soul, when I
found, for it was easy to discover that Part, that he came not as a Stranger,
but as a Son to a Mother, and indeed a Son, who had never before known what a
Mother of his own was; in short, we cryed over one another a considerable while,
when at last he broke out first, MY DEAR MOTHER, says he, are you still a live!
I never expected to have seen your Face; as for me, I cou'd say nothing a great
while.
    After we had both recover'd ourselves a little, and were able to talk, he
told me how things stood, he told me he had not shewed my Letter to his Father,
or told him anything about it; that what his Grand-mother left me, was in his
Hands, and that he would do me Justice to my full Satisfaction; that as to his
Father, he was old and infirm both in Body and Mind; that he was very Fretful,
and Passionate, almost Blind, and capable of nothing; and he question'd whether
he would know how to act in an Affair, which was of so nice a Nature as this;
and that therefore he had come himself, as well to satisfy himself in seeing me,
which he could not restrain himself from, as also to put it into my Power, to
make a Judgement after I had seen how things were, whether I would discover
myself to his Father, or no.
    This was really so prudently, and wisely manag'd, that I found my Son was a
Man of Sense, and needed no Direction from me; I told him, I did not wonder that
his Father was as he had describ'd him, for that his Head was a little touch'd
before I went away; and principally his Disturbance was, because I could not be
perswaded to live with him as my Husband, after I knew that he was my Brother:
That as he knew better than I, what his Fathers present Condition was, I should
readily joyn with him in such Measures as he would direct: That I was
indifferent, as to seeing his Father, since