Melanthe Then Asked If She Would Live With Her; To Which The Other
Gladly Answering, She Should Think Herself Happy In Such A Lady; But You
Must Go Abroad Then, Said She, For I Am Weary Of England, And Am
Preparing To Travel:
As it is a route of pleasure only, I shall stay
just as long as I find any thing
New and entertaining in one place, then
go to another till I am tired of that, and so on, I know not how long;
for unless my mind alters very much, I shall not come back in
some years.
Louisa was perfectly transported to hear her say this; she had a great
desire to see foreign parts, and thought she never could have a better
opportunity: she expressed the pleasure she should take in attending her
wherever she went with so much politeness and sincerity, that Melanthe
told her, it should be her own fault if she ever quitted her, and withal
assured her, she never would treat her in any other manner than a
companion, and that tho' she would make her a yearly allowance for
cloaths and card-money, yet she would expect no other service from her
than fidelity to her secrets, and affection to her person.
From the moment this agreement was made, the young Louisa regained her
complection and her appetite; and being now initiated into the family of
this lady, had no longer any care to take than to oblige her, a thing
not difficult, Melanthe being good-natured, and strongly prepossessed in
favour of her new friend, for so she vouchsafed to call her, and to use
her accordingly.
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