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I guessed it would not be long before I heard from him and he accordingly
sent up Mrs. Jewkes for what I had promised. So I gave her this note to
carry to him. And he sent word, that I must keep my promise, and he
would give me till morning; but that I must bring them to him, without
his asking again.
So I took off my under-coat, and with great trouble of mind, unsewed them
from it. And there is a vast quantity of it. I will just slightly touch
upon the subjects; because I may not, perhaps, get them again for you to
see.
They begin with an account of 'my attempting to get away out of the
window first, and then throwing my petticoat and handkerchief into the
pond. How sadly I was disappointed, the lock of the back-door being
changed. How, in trying to climb over the door, I tumbled down, and was
piteously bruised; the bricks giving way, and tumbling upon me. How,
finding I could not get off, and dreading the hard usage I should
receive, I was so wicked as to think of throwing myself into the water.
My sad reflections upon this matter. How Mrs. Jewkes used me upon this
occasion, when she found me. How my master had like to have been drowned
in hunting; and my concern for his danger, notwithstanding his usage of
me. Mrs.
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