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12 And so travelling all night, by sun-rising she got to Rumford, where finding herself faint, she betook herself to an inn ; there sitting down, she called for something to refresh herself, looking pensive, and sighing at her hard fortune which the mistress perceiving, asked her whence she came, and in what place she was born? She said, she was forced, contrary to her expectations, to seek her fortune, and tho' born near London, was now driven from it. Upon this, the good woman being taken with her carriage, demanded if she would stay with her, and she would use her as a daughter, and not as a servant? To this, after a while she consented, and discharged herself so well in whatever she undertook, that she gained the love and esteem of all around her. Insomuch, that her name for ingenuity, and beauty, began to spread, and abundance of young men resorted to the house, on purpose to see her, and they all liked her; for nature had made her so charming, that she could not but be admired, insomuch that many of them, as they found an opportunity, began to put love stories in her ears to which she gave but little heed, till four suitors