to forget every circumstance that might throw blameon the memory of one, whose name is sacred with me."

Here she pretended to cry. — I was out of patiencewith her. — "But what, said I, was your Ladyship going to tell me about your disagreement with my Brother?" —

"It originated in an action of my Daughter's,which equally marks her want of Judgement, &the unfortunate Dread of me I have been menti==oning. She wrote to M^r . De Courcy." —

"I know she did. — You had forbidden her speak::ing to M^r . Vernon or to me on the cause of herdistreſs; — what could she do therefore but applyto my Brother?"

"Good God! — she exclaimed, what an opinion mustyou have of me! — Can you poſsibly suppose thatI was aware of her unhappineſs? that it was myobject to make my own Child miserable, & that I had forbidden her speaking to you on the subject,