considering that she could not escape from my au::thority by running away from Wigmore Street, she re::solved on getting out of the house; & proceeding di::rectly by the stage to her friends the Clarkes, & had really got as far as the length of two streets in herjourney, when she was fortunately miſs'd, pursued,& overtaken. –––

Such was the first distinguished exploit ofMiſs Frederica Susanna Vernon, & if we consider thatit was atcheived at the tender age of sixteen we shall have room for the most flattering prognostics of her fu::ture renown. — I am exceſsively provoked howeverat the parade of propriety which prevented Miſs Summers from keeping the girl; & it seems so extra::ordinary a peice of nicety, considering what are my daughter's family connections, that I can onlysuppose the Lady to be governed by the fear of ne::ver getting her money. — Be that as it may how::ever,