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As for Mr. B--, he was overwhelmed with sorrow, and made
such efforts to suppress his concern, as had well nigh cost him
his life. Dr. S-- was called to him in the middle of the night,
and found him almost suffocated. He soon guessed the cause, when
he understood that I had left the house. So that I myself was the
only person concerned, who was utterly ignorant of his affection;
for I solemnly declare he never gave me the least reason to suspect
it while I lived with his relation, because he had too much honour
to entertain a thought of supplanting his friend, and too good an
opinion of me to believe he should have succeeded in the attempt.
Though my love for Lord B-- was not so tender and interesting as
the passion I had felt for S--, my fidelity was inviolable, and I
never harboured the most distant thought of any other person, till
after I had resolved to leave him, when, I own, I afforded some
small encouragement to the addresses of a new admirer by telling
him, that I should, in a little time, be my own mistress, though
I was not now at my own disposal.


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