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Hon d Sir
You cannot think how much I have lamented the necessity they
there appeared to be that I should inform you when I did of my
love connection. I should certainly have put off the writing to you
on such a subject till I could better foresee the event of it,
had not the departure of the Courier afforded an opportunity
such as I had no prospect of having for a long time.
It grieves me exceedingly when I consider how anxious you
must be about the termination of such a concern, and yet
I cannot even now tell you anything absolutely definitive
about it. I told you, Sir, of my intention of writing to the
Feild-Marshal the lady's uncle to give him a frank and
sincere account of the matter, as well to clear myself from
the disrepute of carrying on any longer a secret intercourse
with his niece as to determine her to open the matter to
her Mother, and thus to bring the business to some determination.
My letter was just written in time, when having it in my
pocket I went to spend the evening on a public day at
the Uncle's. Upon entering the outer apartment I found her
with an appearance almost of madness accompanied by one of her
female friends waiting to meet me. She told me in few
words by what accident her Aunt (whom she dreads more
than any of her family) had been made acquainted with our
connection, of the reproaches which had been made her, and
of the finding herself obliged to deny as much as possible
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Correspondence |
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Samuel Bentham |
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