FRIDAY, TEN O'CLOCK
This shews , that insolence is her talent : and that Fortune , in placing her as a servant to my sister , had not done so kindly by her as Nature ; for that she would make a better figure as her companion . And indeed I ca n't help thinking sometimes , that I myself was better fitted by Nature to be the servant of both , than the mistress of the one , or the servant of the other . And within these few months past , Fortune has acted by me , as if she were of the same mind . FRIDAY , TEN O'CLOCK Going down to my poultry-yard , just now , I heard my brother and sister and that Solmes laughing and triumphing together . The high yew-hedge between us , which divides the yard from the garden , hindered them from seeing me . My brother , as I found , has been reading part , or the whole perhaps , of the copy of his last letter -- Mighty prudent , and consistent , you 'll say , with their views to make me the wife of a man from whom they conceal not what , were I to be such , it would be kind in them to endeavour to conceal , out of regard to my future peace ! -- But I have no doubt , that they hate me heartily .