"Thus repulsed, he set on foot a most accurate search for my person;
in the course of which he is said to have detected several ladies
and young girls, who had reasons for keeping themselves concealed;
and had like to have been very severely handled for his impertinent
curiosity. Being unsuccessful in all his attempts, he entered
into a treaty with one Sir R-- H--, a person of a very indifferent
character, who undertook to furnish him with an infallible expedient
to discover the place of my abode, if he would gratify him with
a bond for a thousand pounds; which being executed accordingly,
this worthy knight advertised me and my maid in the public papers,
offering one hundred pounds as a reward to any person who should
disclose the place of our retirement.
"As soon as the paper fell into my hands, I was again involved in
perplexity; and, being afraid of staying in town, resolved, with the
concurrence of my lover, to accept of an invitation I had received
from the duke of K--, who had by this time arrived in England, with
that lady whom I have already mentioned as one of our parties at
Paris.
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