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of you Have you forgot already what your woman<lb/> | of you Have you forgot already what your woman<lb/> | ||
I am sure has told you <add>many's the good time and oft</add> of the fate of <del>those</del><add>little misses</add>who<lb/> | I am sure has told you <add>many's the good time and oft</add> of the fate of <del>those</del><add>little misses</add>who<lb/> | ||
play with fire! Alas how cruelly have you | play with fire! Alas how cruelly have you unclear>twisted</unclear><lb/> | ||
with my flame!</p> | with my flame!</p> | ||
<note>I have proof of it in black and white</note><p>I hope I should have had more prudence and<lb/> | <note>I have proof of it in black and white</note><p>I hope I should have had more prudence and<lb/> | ||
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in Bell Alley. As it happens, there are <del><gap/></del><add>6</add><lb/> | in Bell Alley. As it happens, there are <del><gap/></del><add>6</add><lb/> | ||
and twenty. Bell Alleys in and about London; I<lb/> | and twenty. Bell Alleys in and about London; I<lb/> | ||
found the<del>ir names</del><add>< | found the<del>ir names</del><add><unclear>direc</unclear></add><!-- did JB start to write directory, then stop?> --> in the London Directory, and to get<lb/> | ||
a line conveyed to him, that he might not think delighted<lb/> | a line conveyed to him, that he might not think delighted<lb/> | ||
him I could think of no other expedient than sending<lb/> | him I could think of no other expedient than sending<lb/> | ||
Well there is no truth in woman say I, as a man
says of course when he fancies he has found one thats
false. one such however I have found enough.
its nothing more than fancy. Alas!Miss Lotty! Miss Lotty, what will become
of you Have you forgot already what your woman
I am sure has told you many's the good time and oft of the fate of thoselittle misseswho
play with fire! Alas how cruelly have you unclear>twisted</unclear>
with my flame!
I have proof of it in black and white
I hope I should have had more prudence and
philosophy; and yet it's ten to one but what if
Miss L.kind ingeniouslyhad not prevented me, I should have
sallied forth upon the enquiry. I'll tell you what
I should have done—I did something likethis as I was sayingI cast upon
a much less occasion and afterwards I will tell you that true.
There was a Frenchman merchant who had shewn me
some civilities abroad. He was to come to England
some time afterward. I asked him, and he promised
to come and see me. He called but as I
happened not to be at home - he left me his address
thinking it sufficient to mention such a house
in Bell Alley. As it happens, there are 6
and twenty. Bell Alleys in and about London; I
found their namesdirec in the London Directory, and to get
a line conveyed to him, that he might not think delighted
him I could think of no other expedient than sending
a Penny Post letter to each every one of these places.
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