He allowed the inference was just,
though he was very much chagrined at my previous proceeding. He
relinquished his claim, restored my clothes, and never afterwards
upbraided me with my conduct in this affair; though he at one time
owned, that he still loved me, and ever should, because I had used
him ill; a declaration that strongly marks the peculiarity of his
character. As for my own part, I own that my behaviour on this
occasion is no other way excusable, than on account of the miserable
perplexity of my circumstances, which were often so calamitous,
that I wonder I have not been compelled to take such steps as would
have rendered my conduct much more exceptionable than it really
is.
"At last all my hopes were blasted by the issue of my suit, which
was determined in favour of my lord. Even then I refused to yield:
on the contrary, coming out of retirement, I took lodgings in
Suffolk-street, and set my tyrant at defiance. But, being unwilling
to trust my doors to the care of other people, I hired a house in
Conduit-street; and no sooner appeared in the world again, than I
was surrounded by divers and sundry sorts of admirers.
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