Thursday morning, ten o'clock
I was admitted to her presence last night ; and found her visibly altered for the worse . When I went home , I had your letter of Tuesday last put into my hands . Let me tell thee , Lovelace , that I insist upon the performance of thy engagement to me that thou wilt not personally molest her . -LSB- Mr. Belford dates again on Thursday morning , ten o'clock ; and gives an account of a conversation which he had just held with the Lady upon the subject of Miss Montague 's letter to her , preceding , and upon Mr. Lovelace 's alternatives , as mentioned in Letter LXV. , which Mr. Belford supported with the utmost earnestness . But , as the result of this conversation will be found in the subsequent letters , Mr. Belford 's pleas and arguments in favour of his friend , and the Lady 's answers , are omitted . -RSB- I am infinitely obliged to you for your kind and condescending letter . A letter , however , which heightens my regrets , as it gives me a new instance of what a happy creature I might have been in an alliance so much approved of by such worthy ladies ; and which , on their accounts , and on that of Lord M. would have been so reputable to myself , and was once so desirable .