FRIDAY, THREE O'CLOCK
And now , Sir , if I have seemed to shew some spirit , not foreign to the relation I have the honour to be to you , and to my sister ; and which may be deemed not altogether of a piece with that part of my character which once , it seems , gained me every one 's love ; be pleased to consider to whom , and to what it is owing ; and that this part of that character was not dispensed with , till it subjected me to that scorn , and to those insults , which a brother , who has been so tenacious of an independence voluntarily given up by me , and who has appeared so exalted upon it , ought not to have shewn to any body , much less to a weak and defenceless sister ; who is , notwithstanding , an affectionate and respectful one , and would be glad to shew herself to be so upon all future occasions ; as she has in every action of her past life , although of late she has met with such unkind returns . CL . HARLOWE ***** See , my dear , the force , and volubility , as I may say , of passion ; for the letter I send you is my first draught , struck off without a blot or erasure . ***** FRIDAY , THREE O'CLOCK As soon as I had transcribed it , I sent it down to my brother by Mrs. Betty . The wench came up soon after , all aghast , with a Laud , Miss ! What have you done ? -- What have you written ?