At last we arrived at a little house called the Hut, on
Salisbury Plain, where, in the most frantic agitation, I wrote a
letter to S--, describing the miserable condition to which I was
reduced by his unkindness, and desiring to see him, with the most
earnest solicitations. This billet I committed to the care of my
attendant, and laid strong injunctions upon him to tell Mr. S--,
my injuries were so great, and my despair so violent, that, if he
did not favour me with a visit, I would go to him, though at his
sister's house, where he then was.
"He received my message with great coldness, and told my friend,
that, if I would return to London without insisting upon the
interview I demanded, he would, in a little time, follow me to town,
and everything should be amicably adjusted; but when the messenger
assured him, that I was too much transported with grief to hear of
such a proposal, he consented to meet me in the middle of Salisbury
Plain, that we might avoid all observation. And though I was little
able to walk, I set out for the place of assignation, my companion
following at a small distance.
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