Here we concerted measures for proceeding to England.
I hired a tall fine Liegeoise for my maid, and setting out for
Ostend, we embarked in a vessel, in which Mr. S-- had bespoke our
passage. Our voyage was short and prosperous, and our time most
agreeably spent in the company of my dear partner, who was a most
engaging man in all respects, as I dare say my Lady C-- has since
found him.
"I assumed a fictitious name, took private lodgings in Poland-street,
retained lawyers, and commenced a suit for separation against my
lord. I communicated the reasons of my elopement to my father, who
was shocked and surprised at my conduct, which he condemned with
expressions of sorrow and resentment. But the step was taken; nor
did I repent of what I had done, except on his account.
"In the morning after my arrival at London, I waited upon the lord
chief justice, to whom I complained of the usage I had received
from my lord, whose temper was teasing, tiresome, and intolerably
capricious. Indeed, his behaviour was a strange compound of madness
and folly, seasoned with a small proportion of sense.
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