We soon got to my lodgings, which, though not so hand-
somely furnish'd nor so showy as those I left, were to the
full as convenient, and at half price, though on the first
floor. My trunks were safely landed, and stow'd in my
apartments, where my neighbour, and now gouvernante, Mrs.
Cole, was ready with my landlord to receive me, to whom she
took care to set me out in the most favourable light, that
of one from whom there was the clearest reason to expect
the regular payment of his rent: all the cardinal virtues
attributed to me would not have had half the weight of that
recommendation alone.
I was now settled in lodgings of my own, abandon'd to
my own conduct, and turned loose upon the town, to sink or
swim, as I could manage with the current of it; and what
were the consequences, together with the number of adven-
tures which befell me in the exercise of my new profession,
will compose the matter of another letter: for surely it is
high time to put a period to this.
I am,
MADAM
Yours, etc., etc., etc.
THE END OF THE FIRST LETTER
Part 6
LETTER THE SECOND
Madam,
If I have delay'd the sequel of my history, it has been
purely to allow myself a little breathing time not without
some hopes that, instead of pressing me to a continuation,
you would have acquitted me of the task of pursuing a con-
fession, in the course of which my self-esteem has so many
wounds to sustain.
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