and ready to drop down; and I will
describe him to you, my dear father and mother, if now you will ever see
this: and you shall judge if I had not reason, especially not knowing he
was to be there, and being apprised, as I was, of his hated employment,
to watch me closer.

He is a giant of a man for stature; taller by a good deal than Harry
Mowlidge, in your neighbourhood, and large boned, and scraggy; and has
a hand!--I never saw such an one in my life. He has great staring eyes,
like the bull's that frightened me so; vast jaw-bones sticking out:
eyebrows hanging over his eyes; two great scars upon his forehead, and
one on his left cheek; and two large whiskers, and a monstrous wide
mouth; blubber lips; long yellow teeth, and a hideous grin. He wears
his own frightful long hair, tied up in a great black bag; a black crape
neckcloth about a long ugly neck: and his throat sticking out like a
wen. As to the rest, he was dressed well enough, and had a sword on,
with a nasty red knot to it; leather garters, buckled below his knees;
and a foot--near as long as my arm, I verily think.

He said, he fright de lady; and offered to withdraw; but she bid him
not; and I told Mrs. Jewkes, That as she knew I had been crying, she
should not have called me to the gentleman without letting me know he
was there. I soon went up to my closet; for my heart ached all the time
I was at table, not being able to look upon him without horror; and this
brute of a woman, though she saw my distress, before this addition to
it, no doubt did it on purpose to strike more terror into me. And indeed
it had its effect: for when I went to bed, I could think of nothing but
his hideous person, and my master's more hideous actions: and thought
them too well paired; and when I dropt asleep, I dreamed they were both
coming to my bedside, with the worst designs; and I jumped out of my bed
in my sleep, and frightened Mrs. Jewkes; till, waking with the terror, I
told her my dream; and the wicked creature only laughed, and said, All I
feared was but a dream, as well as that; and when it was over, and I was
well awake, I should laugh at it as such!

And now I am come to the close of Wednesday, the 27th day of my
distress.

Poor Mr. Williams is actually arrested, and carried away to Stamford.
So there is an end of all my hopes from him, poor gentleman! His
over-security and openness have ruined us both! I was but too well
convinced, that we ought not to have l