Four o'clock
To Miss Rivers , Clarges Street . Silleri , March 6 . Your brother is gone nobody knows whither , and without calling upon us before he set off ; we are piqued , I assure you , my dear , and with some little reason . Four o'clock . Very strange news , Lucy ; they say Colonel Rivers is gone to marry Madame Des Roches , a lady at whose house he was some time in autumn ; if this is true , I forswear the whole sex : his manner of stealing off is certainly very odd , and she is rich and agreable ; but , if he does not love Emily , he has been excessively cruel in shewing an attention which has deceived her into a passion for him . I can not believe it possible : not that he has ever told her he loved her ; but a man of honor will not tell an untruth even with his eyes , and his have spoke a very unequivocal language . I never saw any thing like her confusion , when she was told he was gone to visit Madame Des Roches ; but , when it was hinted with what design , I was obliged to take her out of the room , or she would have discovered all the fondness of her soul .