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"In consequence of this agreement, we took all opportunities of
seeing each other in private; and these interviews were spent in
mutual protestations of disinterested love. This correspondence,
though dangerous, was, on my side, equally innocent and endearing;
and many happy hours we passed, before my sentiments were discovered.
At length my lover was taken ill, and then my passion burst out
beyond the power of concealment; my grief and anxiety became so
conspicuous in my countenance, and my behaviour was so indiscreet,
that everybody in the house perceived the situation of my thoughts,
and blamed my conduct accordingly.
"Certain it is, I was extremely imprudent, though intentionally
innocent. I have lain whole nights by my lord, who teased and
tormented me for that which neither I could give nor he could take,
and ruminated on the fatal consequences of this unhappy flame, until
I was worked into a fever of disquiet. I saw there was no safety
but in flight, and often determined to banish myself for ever from
the sight of this dangerous intruder.


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