MR. LOVELACE, TO JOHN BELFORD, ESQ.
TUESDAY, MAY 23.
Well did I, and but just in time to conclude to have done with Mrs.
Fretchville and the house: for here Mennell has declared, that he cannot
in conscience and honour go any farther.--He would not for the world be
accessory to the deceiving of such a lady!--I was a fool to let either
you or him see her; for ever since ye have both had scruples, which
neither would have had, were a woman to have been in the question.
Well, I can't help it!
Mennell has, however, though with some reluctance, consented to write me
a letter, provided I will allow it to be the last step he shall take in
this affair.
I presumed, I told him, that if I could cause Mrs. Fretchville's woman to
supply his place, he would have no objection to that.