"However, upon mature deliberation, I changed my mind, and signified
my resolution in a letter, desiring at the same time that my baggage
might be sent back. In consequence of this message, I expected a
visit from him, in all the rage of indignation and disappointment,
and gave orders that he should not be admitted into my house yet,
notwithstanding this precaution, he found means to procure entrance;
and one of the first objects that I saw, next morning, in my
bedchamber, was my lover, armed with a horsewhip, against which,
from the knowledge of the man, I did not think myself altogether
secure; though I was not much alarmed, because I believed myself
superior to him in point of bravery, should the worst come to the
worst. But, contrary to my expectation, and his usual behaviour
to our sex, he accosted me very politely, and began to expostulate
on the contents of my letter. I freely told him, that I had rashly
assented to his proposal, for my own convenience only; that, when
I reflected on what I had done, I thought it ungenerous in me to
live with him upon these terms; and that, as I did not like him,
and could not dissemble, such a correspondence could never tend
to the satisfaction of either.
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