Tea over, the commode old lady pleaded urgent business, (which indeed was true) to go out, and earnestly desir’d me to entertain her cousin kindly till she came back, both for my own sake and her’s; and then, with a “pray, sir, be very good, be very tender of the sweet child,” she went out of the room, leaving me staring, with my mouth open, and unprepared, by the suddenness of her departure, to oppose it. desi xxx Such too, and so cruel was my fate, that I dreaded the sight of Mrs. The book exemplifies the use of euphemism. Oh! It was here agreed, that I should keep myself up and out of sight for a few days, till such cloaths could be procured for me as were fit for the character I was to appear in, of my mistress’s companion, observing withal, that on the first impressions of my figure, much might depend; and, as they well judged, the prospect of exchanging my country-cloaths for London
