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dancing among the inferior ſort of people, in contriving which the Doctor had herſelf the principal ſhare. At that meeting the two lovers had an occaſion of dancing all night together; and the Doctor loſt no opportunity of ſhewing his fondneſs, as well by his tongue as by his hands, whiſpering many ſoft things in her ears, and ſqueezing as many ſoft things into her hands, which, together with a good number of kiſſes, &c. ſo pleaſed and warmed this poor girl, who never before had felt any of thoſe tender ſenſations which we call love, that ſhe retired from the dancing in a flutter of ſpirits, which her youth and ignorance could not well account for; but which did not ſuffer her to cloſe her eyes, either that morning or the next night.
The Day after that the Doctor ſent her the following letter.
“My Deareſt Molly,
“Excuſe the fondneſs of that expreſſion; for I aſſure you, my angel, all I write to you proceeds only from my heart, which you have ſo entirely conquered, and made your own, that nothing elſe has any ſhare in it; and, my angel, could you know what I feel when I am writing to you, nay even at every thought of my Molly, I know I ſhould gain your pity if not your love; if I am ſo happy to have already ſucceeded in raiſing the former, do let me have once more an opportunity of ſeeing you, and that ſoon, that I may breathe forth my ſoul at thoſe dear feet, where I would willingly die, if I am not ſuffer’d to lie there and live. My ſweeteſt creature, give me leave to ſubſcribe myſelf
Your fond, doating,
Undone Slave.
