Private and Confidential

           MissRebeccaSharptoMissAmeliaSedley,RussellSquare,London.(Free.PittCrawley.)

           MYDEAREST,SWEETESTAMELIA,

           WithwhatmingledjoyandsorrowdoItakeupthepentowritetomydearestfriend!Oh,whatachangebetweento-dayandyesterday!NowIamfriendlessandalone;yesterdayIwasathome,inthesweetcompanyofasister,whomIshallever,evercherish!

           IwillnottellyouinwhattearsandsadnessIpassedthefatalnightinwhichIseparatedfromyou.YOUwentonTuesdaytojoyandhappiness,withyourmotherandYOURDEVOTEDYOUNGSOLDIERbyyourside;andIthoughtofyouallnight,dancingatthePerkins’s,theprettiest,Iamsure,ofalltheyoungladiesattheBall.IwasbroughtbythegroomintheoldcarriagetoSirPittCrawley’stownhouse,where,afterJohnthegroomhadbehavedmostrudelyandinsolentlytome(alas!’twassafetoinsultpovertyandmisfortune!),IwasgivenovertoSirP.‘scare,andmadetopassthenightinanoldgloomybed,andbythesideofahorridgloomyoldcharwoman,whokeepsthehouse.Ididnotsleeponesinglewinkthewholenight.

           SirPittisnotwhatwesillygirls,whenweusedtoreadCeciliaatChiswick,imaginedabaronetmusthavebeen.Anything,indeed,lesslikeLordOrvillecannotbeimagined.Fancyanold,stumpy,short,vulgar,andverydirtyman,inoldclothesandshabbyoldgaiters,whosmokesahorridpipe,andcookshisownhorridsupperinasaucepan.

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