"Meanwhile my new admirer had made some progress in my heart;
and, my finances being exhausted, I was reduced to the alternative
of returning to Lord -- again, or accepting Earl B--'s love. When
my affairs were brought to an issue, I made no hesitation in my
choice, putting myself under the protection of a man of honour whom
I esteemed, rather than suffer every sort of mortification from
a person who was the object of my abhorrence and contempt. From a
mistaken pride, I chose to live in Lord B--'s house, rather than
be maintained at his expense in another place. We spent several
months agreeably in balls and other diversions, visited Lord B--,
who lived at the distance of a few leagues from Paris, and stayed
some days at his house, where the entertainment was, in all
respects, delightful, elegant, and refined. Their habitation was the
rendezvous of the best company in France; and Lady B-- maintained
the same superiority in her own sex, for which her lord is so justly
distinguished among the men.
"About Christmas we set out for England, accompanied by a little
North Briton, who lived with Lord B-- as his companion, and did not
at all approve of our correspondence; whether out of real friendship
for his patron, or apprehension that in time I might supersede his
own influence with my lord, I shall not pretend to determine.
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