But I knew his worth, and had too much regard for
his reputation to advise him to act inconsistent with his honour.
"About this time, many tender feelings and sorrowful partings
happened between us, till the marriage knot was tied, when he sent
me a bank-note for a thousand pounds, by way of specimen, as he
called it, of his friendship, and of what he would do for me, should
I ever want his assistance. This mark of his generosity I received
in a most tender billet, which I shall never part with, together
with his picture set in diamonds.
"I now employed my thoughts in keeping measures with my lord; we
lay in the same apartment, and for the first four or five months
I neither dined nor supped abroad above twice; and then he knew
where I was, and approved of my company. But all this complacency
and circumspection had no effect upon his temper, which remained
as capricious and dissatisfied as ever. Nay, to such a provoking
degree did this unhappy humour prevail, that one day, in the
presence of his lawyer, he harangued upon my misconduct since our
last reunion; and very freely affirmed, that every step I had taken
was diametrically opposite to his will.
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