But,
before my departure, I sent a message to Lord --, demanding my
clothes, which he had seized in Essex; and, he refusing to deliver
them, I was obliged to equip myself anew, upon credit.
"I was supplied with money for my journey by my good friend L--;
and, after a short and pleasant passage, arrived at the Hague,
where I stayed two months, and parted with S--, on whom I settled
an annuity of five-and-twenty pounds, payable out of the provision
which I had or might obtain from my husband. The same allowance had
I prevailed upon Lord B-- to grant to another maid, who attended
me while I lived in his house.
"I did not much relish the people in Holland, because they seemed
entirely devoted to self-interest, without any taste for pleasure
or politeness; a species of disposition that could not be very agreeable
to me, who always despised money, had an unbounded benevolence of
heart, and loved pleasure beyond every other consideration. When I
say pleasure, I would not be understood to mean sensuality, which
constitutes the supreme happiness of those only who are void of
sentiment and imagination.
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