LETTER 2nd
LAURA to ISABEL
Altho’ I cannot agree with you in supposing that I shall never again be
exposed to Misfortunes as unmerited as those I have already
experienced, yet to avoid the imputation of Obstinacy or ill-nature, I
will gratify the curiosity of your daughter; and may the fortitude with
which I have suffered the many afflictions of my past Life, prove to
her a useful lesson for the support of those which may befall her in
her own.