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 "When we came to town, Mrs Ditton brought me to this houſe, telling me that the lady who kept it was her very good friend, and would treat me with the greateſt régard on her account. I ſhall ſtay with her, my dear Miſs Colby, continued ſhe, till my affairs are ſettled, and I believe you will have no reaſon to be diſſatisfied with your accommodations here. “Far from being diſſatisfied with the accommodations which I here met with on my, firſt arrival, I was perfectly pleaſed with them; and the behaviour of Mrs H———s, as well as of ſome young ladies, who, ſhe ſaid, boarded with her, made me think that I ſhould ſpend my time very agreeably till Mrs Ditton was ready to return to her country lodgings. But how cruelly have my amiable, my indulgent parents been deceived! how cruelly have I been ſeduced from them! Mrs Ditton, though I much queſtion whether that is her real name, ſhewed herſelf in a little time in the moſt hideous colours———She went from hence yeſterday morning, and is gone, undoubtedly, to employ all her arts to increaſe the number of unfortunate girls in this infamous house———Happily for me, however, Mrs H———s has thrown me into the power of a man of honour; and I flatter myſelf, therefore, that I ſhall ſpeedily be removed from under her deteſtable roof."