Volume the Second: Diplomatic Display London British Library, Add. MS. 59874
when our visit to them commenced during whichtime they had been amply supported by a conside::rable sum of Money which Augustus had gracefullypurloined from his Unworthy father's Escritoire, afew days before his union with Sophia.
By our arrival their Expensces1 were
con::siderably encreased tho'though their means for supplyingthem were then nearly
exhausted. But they, Exalted Creatures!, scorned to reflect a moment on
their pe::cuniary Distreſses & would have blushed at theidea
of paying their Debts. — Alas!
what was their Reward for such disinterested Behaviour! The beau::tifull Augustus was
arrested and we were all un::done. Such
perfidious Treachery in the mercileſsperpetrators of the Deed
will shock your gentle na::ture Dearest Marianne as much as it
then affectedthe Delicate Sensibility of Augus Edward, Sophia,your Laura, & of Augustus
himself. To compleatsuch
unparalelled Barbarity we were informed thatan Execution in the House would shortly take
place.Ah! what could we do but what we did! Wesighed &
fainted on the Sofa. Adeiu
Laura
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