These agreeable reflections, on this melancholy but instructive story,
brought us in view of his own house; and we alighted, and took a walk in
the garden till dinner was ready. And now we are so busy about making
ready for our appearance, that I shall hardly have time to write till
that be over.
Monday morning.
Yesterday we set out, attended by John, Abraham, Benjamin, and Isaac, in
fine new liveries, in the best chariot, which had been new cleaned, and
lined, and new harnessed; so that it looked like a quite new one. But I
had no arms to quarter with my dear lord and master's; though he
jocularly, upon my taking notice of my obscurity, said, that he had a
good mind to have the olive-branch, which would allude to his hopes,
quartered for mine. I was dressed in the suit I mentioned, of white
flowered with silver, and a rich head-dress, and the diamond necklace,
ear-rings, etc. I also mentioned before: And my dear sir, in a fine laced
silk waistcoat, of blue paduasoy, and his coat a pearl-coloured fine
cloth, with gold buttons and button-holes, and lined with white silk; and
he looked charmingly indeed. I said, I was too fine, and would have laid
aside some of the jewels; but he said, It would be thought a slight to me
from him, as his wife; and though as I apprehended, it might be, that
people would talk as it was, yet he had rather they should say any thing,
than that I was not put upon an equal footing, as his wife, with any lady
he might have married.
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