I hope my Dearest Life! this Happy
Paper, (w^ch were it sensible I should Envy) will soon find
its way to you at Brettby. Tho I cannot fancy my
writing at all necessary to Put you in mind of me, yet
I am not able to Let another Post pass without showing
tis impossible I should Ever forget you.
I suppose Brettby is now in High Beauty, But I would
not have it appear Quite so agreeable to you as it
us’d to Do, at Least you ought to Pay me y^e Compliments
of not Liking it so well, For Even Hertingfordbury, now
appears w^th Quite another Face then when we admir’d
it together, & I find my Tast for it was wholy owing
to y^e Perfect Peace & Tranquility of mind I then injoy’d
I did not suffer my self to look forward on the absence
I was so soon to Endure, but gave up my Heart
Entirely to the Present Satisfaction. I hope my
Dearest Creature! you have by this time forgot that
unlucky affair that has given me so much uneasiness,

[f.110v]

or if you still remember it, will Let the natural goodness
of your Temper Prevail over y^r Resentment, I will not
mention my Relation to the Person who you are so Justly
offended at, For I would ^if possible have you forget there is
any affinity between my self, & one who is Dull Enough
to Be insensible of your merit – not for my sake but
for your own I would perswade {^^you} to forget, w^t is realy
below your notice: I Beg Pardon for saying so much, on
so Disagreeable a Subject, & will to make you ammends
hasten to a more Pleasing one & tell you, your Martin
is well, & as you left him the Best & most Desirable
Creature in y^e world; he is my only Pleasure in y^t at [damaged]
Except w^t I take in the assuring you, My Dearest
Soul! I am with a Passion not to be Express’d by words
Looks, or actions, yours to the end of my Being
J Madan

Hertingfordbury Park, 1730. Tuesday noon.
you will make my proper complements.

I hope my Dearest Life! this Happy
Paper, (w^ch were it sensible I should Envy) will soon find
its way to you at Brettby. Though I cannot fancy my
writing at all necessary to Put you in mind of me, yet
I am not able to Let another Post pass without showing
tis impossible I should Ever forget you.
I suppose Brettby is now in High Beauty, But I would
not have it appear Quite so agreeable to you as it
us’d to Do, at Least you ought to Pay me y^e Compliments
of not Liking it so well, For Even Hertingfordbury, now
appears w^th Quite another Face then when we admired
it together, & I find my Taste for it was wholly owing
to y^e Perfect Peace & Tranquillity of mind I then enjoyed
I did not suffer my self to look forward on the absence
I was so soon to Endure, but gave up my Heart
Entirely to the Present Satisfaction. I hope my
Dearest Creature! you have by this time forgot that
unlucky affair that has given me so much uneasiness,

[f.110v]

or if you still remember it, will Let the natural goodness
of your Temper Prevail over y^r Resentment, I will not
mention my Relation to the Person who you are so Justly
offended at, For I would ^if possible have you forget there is
any affinity between my self, & one who is Dull Enough
to Be insensible of your merit – not for my sake but
for your own I would persuade {^^you} to forget, w^t is really
below your notice: I Beg Pardon for saying so much, on
so Disagreeable a Subject, & will to make you ammends
hasten to a more Pleasing one & tell you, your Martin
is well, & as you left him the Best & most Desirable
Creature in y^e world; he is my only Pleasure in y^t at [damaged]
Except w^t I take in the assuring you, My Dearest
Soul! I am with a Passion not to be Expressed by words
Looks, or actions, yours to the end of my Being
J Madan

Hertingfordbury Park, 1730. Tuesday noon.
you will make my proper complements.