o miserable places, where I was obliged to lie, before
I got out of the territories of France; for, as I could not reach the
great towns where I intended to lodge, I was under the necessity of
putting up at little wretched hovels, where no provision was to be had,
but sour brown bread, and sourer cheese; and everything seemed to denote
the dens of despair and assassination.

"I made shift, however, to subsist on this fare, uncomfortable as it
was, confiding on the meanness of my equipage for the security of my
person; and at length arriving at Brussels, fixed my quarters in the
Hotel de Flandre (so well known to the English since), where I thought
myself extremely happy in the accomplishment of my flight.

"I had not been two full days in this place, when I was blessed with the
sight of my lover, who followed me on the wings of love, in pursuance
of the plan we had projected before my departure from Paris. Here
we concerted measures for proceeding to England. I hired a tall fine
Liegeoise for my maid, and setting out for Ostend, we embarked in a
vessel, in which Mr. S-- had bespoke our passage. Our voyage was short
and prosperous, and our time most agreeably spent in the company of my
dear partner, who was a most engaging man in all respects, as I dare say
my Lady C-- has since found him.

"I assumed a fictitious name, took private lodgings in Poland-street,
retained lawyers, and commenced a suit for separation against my lord.
I communicated the reasons of my elopement to my father, who was shocked
and surprised at my conduct, which he condemned with expressions of
sorrow and resentment. But the step was taken; nor did I repent of what
I had done, except on his account.

"In the morning after my arrival at London, I waited upon the lord chief
justice, to whom I complained of the usage I had received from my lord,
whose temper was teasing, tiresome, and intolerably capricious. Indeed,
his behaviour was a strange compound of madness and folly, seasoned
with a small proportion of sense. No wonder then, that I, who am hot
and hasty, should be wretched, under the persecution of such a perverse
humourist, who used to terrify me, and scold at me the whole night
without intermission, and shake my pillow from time to time, that
I might not sleep, while he tormented me with his disagreeable
expostulations. I have been often frightened almost out of my senses, at
seeing him convulsed with the most unreasonable passion; and cha