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hour or two of french Chat, & Jerry was full of Spirits & attracted the Notice<lb/> | hour or two of french Chat, & Jerry was full of Spirits & attracted the Notice<lb/> | ||
<unclear>&</unclear> engaged y<hi rend="superscript">e</hi> Conversation of almost ev<hi rend="superscript">r</hi>y one there, & learn'd y<hi rend="superscript">e</hi> Game of <unclear>Pelish</unclear>-Drafts<lb/> | <unclear>&</unclear> engaged y<hi rend="superscript">e</hi> Conversation of almost ev<hi rend="superscript">r</hi>y one there, & learn'd y<hi rend="superscript">e</hi> Game of <unclear>Pelish</unclear>-Drafts<lb/> | ||
This was the Adventure of Thursday — | This was the Adventure of Thursday — o' Friday having other Business at that End<lb/> | ||
of the Town <add>I Dined there</add> & went in y<hi rend="superscript">e</hi> afternoon in Consequence of a Letter read y<hi rend="superscript">e</hi> Day before from<lb/> | |||
M<hi rend="superscript">rs.</hi> <hi rend="underline">Foster</hi> to drink a Dish <add>of Tea</add> with her, when she paid me 10 G<hi rend="superscript">ns.</hi> in part, he it<lb/> | |||
seems has been near 2 months at Peterborough - <add>abt 50 miles off,</add> they are going to move<lb/> | |||
<gap/> Quarter to Chelsea. She Expects her Father with her Sister from<lb/> | |||
<gap/> in a Month's time to settle in England w<hi rend="superscript">ch</hi> Gives her great<lb/> | |||
<unclear>pleasure</unclear> more especially as it will be a means of setting M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Foster easy<lb/> | |||
in some little affairs w<hi rend="superscript">ch.</hi> Straiten him at present - she expressed their<lb/> | |||
<unclear>great sense</unclear> of my Tenderness & Consideration for 'e, & indeed I am glad I<lb/> | |||
<unclear>suppress'd</unclear> my Resentment as they have given me Reason to believe 'em sincere<lb/> | |||
in their good Intentions — Saturday <add>afternoon I took Jerry to M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Bonnet's where we had a Dish of Tea & french Chat & at</add> night we had our Usual Concert, to w<hi rend="superscript">ch.</hi><lb/> | |||
young Ray came by Invitation, & he thoroughly enjoy'd it - no one co<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> <sic>shew</sic><lb/> | |||
<gap/> attention — | |||
of every Pen'worth of Accomodations tho' ever so frugal, for he can never enjoy any
while his dear Partner is such a Miser to herself. — o' Wednesday came a Letter
from Mrs. Saunders dated from Craven Street in ye Strand to acquaint you of her Return with
him again to London & proposing to spend a Day with you, also with an Invitation to my
Sister to spend a Day with her, if in Town, — my Sister answered her's by a Letter wch.
she left with me to put in ye Penny Post - & wch. I for y<hi rend="superscript">e</hi> Sake of getting the Penny
carried ye next Day myself, [mind that & deduct it out of ye 3/3] Jerry being with me
we took Boat at ye Old Swan & he was much delighted with going by water, after
Drinking Tea at Mrs. Saunders we went to Slaughter's Coffee Shop where we had an
hour or two of french Chat, & Jerry was full of Spirits & attracted the Notice
& engaged ye Conversation of almost evry one there, & learn'd ye Game of Pelish-Drafts
This was the Adventure of Thursday — o' Friday having other Business at that End
of the Town I Dined there & went in ye afternoon in Consequence of a Letter read ye Day before from
Mrs. Foster to drink a Dish of Tea with her, when she paid me 10 Gns. in part, he it
seems has been near 2 months at Peterborough - abt 50 miles off, they are going to move
Quarter to Chelsea. She Expects her Father with her Sister from
in a Month's time to settle in England wch Gives her great
pleasure more especially as it will be a means of setting Mr Foster easy
in some little affairs wch. Straiten him at present - she expressed their
great sense of my Tenderness & Consideration for 'e, & indeed I am glad I
suppress'd my Resentment as they have given me Reason to believe 'em sincere
in their good Intentions — Saturday afternoon I took Jerry to Mr Bonnet's where we had a Dish of Tea & french Chat & at night we had our Usual Concert, to wch.
young Ray came by Invitation, & he thoroughly enjoy'd it - no one cod shew
attention —
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