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This gentleman was a person of great honour,
worth, and good-nature; he loved me extremely, but did not care
that I should know the extent of his passion. On the contrary, he
endeavoured to persuade me, he had laid it down as a maxim, that
no woman should ever have power enough over his heart to give him
the least pain or disquiet. In short, he had made a progress in my
affection, and to his generosity was I indebted for my subsistence
two whole years; during which, he was continually professing this
philosophic indifference, while, at the same time, he was giving
me daily assurances of his friendship and esteem, and treated me
with incessant marks of the most passionate love; so that I concluded
his intention was cold, though his temper was warm. Considering
myself as an encumbrance upon his fortune, I redoubled my endeavours
to obtain a separate maintenance from my lord, and removed from
St. James's-square to lodgings at Kensington, where I had not long
enjoyed myself in tranquility, before I was interrupted by a very
unexpected visit.


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