دو دو כל "It will be eafily imagined, that when I once despised my husband, as I confess to you I foon did, I must confequently diflike his company; and indeed I had the happiness of being very little troubled with it; for our houfe was now moft elegantly furnished, our cellars well ftock,, ed, and dogs and horses provided in great abundAs my gentleman therefore entertained his neighbours with great hofpitality, fo his neighbours reforted to him with great alacrity; and sports and drinking confumed fo much of his ,, time, that a fmall part of his converfation, that is to fay, of his ill-humors, fell to my share. »ance. دو دو دو دو دو دو دو دو دو "Happy would it have been for me, if I could , as easily have avoided all other disagreeable com» pany; but alas! I was confined to fome which conftantly tormented me; and the more, as I faw no profpect of being relieved from them. These companions were my own racking thoughts, which plagued, and in a manner haunted me night and day. In this fituation, I paffed through ,, a fcene, the horrors of which can neither be painted nor imagined. Think, my dear, figure, if you can, to yourself what I must have under,, gone. I became a mother by the man I fcorned, hated, and detested. I went through all the ,, agonies and miferies of a lying-in (ten times „ more painful in fuch a circumftance, than the worst labor can be, when one endures it for a ,, man one loves, in a defert, or rather indeed a fcene of riot and revel, without a friend, رو دو دو without a companion, or without any of those agreeable circumftances, which often alleviate, and perhaps fometimes more than compensate, the fufferings of our fex at this feafon. " CHA P. V I. In which the Mistake of the Landlord throws Sophia into a dreadful Confternation. MRS. Fitzpatrick was proceeding in her nar rative, when she was interrupted by the entrance of dinner, greatly to the concern of Sophia: for the misfortunes of her friend had raised her anxiety, and left her no appetite, but what Mrs. Fitzpatrick was to fatisfy by her relation. The landlord now attended with a plate under his arm, and with the fame refpect in his countenance and address, which he would have put on, had the Ladies arrived in a coach and fix. The married Lady feemed lefs affected with her own misfortunes than was her coufin: for the former eat very heartily, whereas the latter could hardly swallow a morfel. Sophia likewife showed more concern and forrow in her countenance than appeared in the other Lady; who having obferved these symptoms in her friend, begged her to be comforted, faying, "perhaps all may yet end better „, than either you or I expect. دو دو Our landlord thought he had now an opportunity to open his mouth, and was refolved not to omit it." I am forry, Madam," cries he, "that » your Ladyfhip can't eat; for, to be fure, you ,, must be hungry after so long fafting. I hope your Ladyfhip is not uneafy at any thing: for, as Madam there fays, all may end better than any » body expects. A gentleman, who was here just » now, brought excellent news; and perhaps fome folks who have given other folks the flip, may » get to London before they are overtaken; and if they do, I make no doubt, but they will find » people who will be very ready to receive them. رو دو دو All perfons under the apprehenfion of danger convert whatever they see and hear into the objects of that apprehenfion. Sophia therefore immediately concluded from the foregoing fpeech, that she was known, and pursued by her father. She was now ftruck with the utmost confternation, and for a few minutes deprived of the power offpeech; which fhe no fooner recovered, than fhe defired the landlord to fend his fervants out of the room, and then addreffing herself to him, faid; "I perceive, Sir, » you know who we are; but I beseech you — » nay, I am convinced, if you have any compaffion or goodness, you will not betray us. » no; "I betray your Ladyfhip!" quoth the landlord; (and then he fwore feveral very hearty oaths) "I would fooner be cut into ten thoufand pieces. I hate all treachery. I! I never betrayed 1 دو دو وو دو my life » any one in and I am fure I fhall yet, ,, not begin with fo fweet a Lady as your Ladyfhip. All the world would very much blame me if I ,, fhould, fince it will be in your Ladyfhip's power fo shortly to reward me. My wife can witness for me, I knew your Ladyfhip the moment you ,, came into the house: I faid it was your Honor, before I lifted you from your horfe, and I fhall » carry the bruifes I got in your Ladyfhip's fervice to the. grave; but what fignified that, as long as I faved your Ladyship? To be fure, some people this morning would have thought of getting a ,, reward; but no fuch thought ever entered into ,, my head. I would fooner starve than take any reward for betraying your Ladyship. " دو دو دو دو دو دو دو "I promise you, Sir, " fays Sophia, "if it be ever in my power to reward you, you shall not lose by your generofity. "Alack-a-day! Madam!" answered the landlord, "in your Ladyship's power! Heaven put it as much into your will. I am only afraid your Honor will forget fuch a poor man as an innkeeper; but if your Ladyship should not, I hope » you will remember what reward I refused دو refused; that is, I would have refused, and to ,, be sure it may be called refufing; for I might have had it certainly; and to be fure you might have been in some houses; but for my part, I would not methinks for the world have your » Ladyship wrong me fo much, as to imagine I دو دو دو ever thought of betraying you, even before I heard the good news. "What news, pray?" fays Sophia, fomewhat eagerly. "Has not your Ladyfhip heard it then!" cries the landlord; nay, like enough: for I heard it ,, only a few minutes ago; and if I had never heard ,, it, may the devil fly away with me this inftant, if I would have betrayed your Honor; no, if I would, may I❞—here he fubjoined several dreadful imprecations, which Sophia at last interrupted, and begged to know what he meant by the news.— He was going to anfwer, when Mrs. Honor came running into the room, all pale and breathless, and cried out, "Madam, we are all undone, all ruined; "they are come, they are come! "Thefe words almost froze up the blood of Sophia; but Mrs. Fitzpatrick afked Honor, who were come? "Who?" anfwered fhe, " why the French; feveral hundred thousands of them are landed, and we shall be all murdered and ravished. وو As a mifer, who has in fome well-built city a cottage, value twenty fhillings, when at a distance he is alarmed with the news of a fire, turns pale and trembles at his lofs; but when he finds the beautiful palaces only are burnt, and his own cottage remains fafe, he comes inftantly to himself and fmiles at his good fortune: or as (for we diflike fomething in the former fimile) the tender mother, |