"I took lodgings in Pall-mall, and, sending for my lord, convinced
him of my punctuality, and put him in mind of his promise, when,
to my utter astonishment and confusion, he owned, that his promise
was no more than a decoy to bring me over, and that I must lay my
account with living in his house like a dutiful and obedient wife.
I heard him with the indignation such treatment deserved, upbraiding
him with his perfidious dealing, which I told him would have
determined me against cohabitation with him had I not been already
resolved; and, being destitute of all resource, repaired to Bath,
where I afterwards met with Mr. D-- and Mr. R--, two gentlemen
who had been my fellow-passengers in the yacht from Flanders, and
treated me with great friendship and politeness, without either
talking or thinking of love.
"With these gentlemen, who were as idle as myself, I went to the
jubilee at Preston, which was no other than a great number of people
assembled in a small town, extremely ill-accommodated, to partake
of diversions that were bad imitations of plays, concerts,
and masquerades.
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