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 encreasedtho'though their means for supplyingthem were then nearly exhausted. But they, ExaltedCreatures!, scorned to reflect a moment on their pe::cuniary Distreſses & would have blushed at theidea of paying their Debts. — Alas! what was theirReward 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 DelicateSensibility of Augus Edward, Sophia,your Laura, & of Augustus himself. To compleatsuch unparalelledBarbarity 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