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gain their good humour and ser- 
vices for the next day, which was 
the eve of the execution. 
The next morning I could not 
go to the Tower, having so many 
things in my hands to put in readi- 
ness ; but in the evening, when all 
was ready, I sent for Mrs. Mills, 
with whom I lodged, and acquainted 
her with my design of aitempting 
my Lord’s escape, as there was no 
prospect of his being pardoned; and 
this was the last night before the ex- 
ecution. I told her that I had every 
thing in readiness, and that [ 
trusted she would not refuse to ac- 
company me, that my Lord might 
pass for her. I pressed her to come 
immediately, as we had no time to 
lose. At the same time I sent for 
a Mrs. Morgan, then usually known 
by the name of Hilton, to waose 
acquaintance my dear Evans has 
introduce me, which [ look upon 
as a very singular happiness, I im- 
mediately communicated my reso- 
lution to her. She was of a very 
tall and slender make; so I begged 
her to put under her own riding- 
hood, one that I had prepared for 
Mrs. Mills, as she was to Jend hers 
to my Lord, that, in coming out, 
he might be taken for her. Mrs. 
Mills was then with child; so that 
she was not only of the same height, 
but nearly of the same size as my 
Lord. When we were in the 
coach, I never ceased talking, that 
they might have no leisure to re- 
flect. Their surprise and astonish- 
ment, when I first opened my de- 
sign to them, had made them con- 
sent, without ever thinking of the 
consequences. On our arrival at 
the Tower, the first I introduced. 
was Mrs. Morgan; for I was only 
allowed to take in one at a time. 
She brought in the clothes that 
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were to serve Mrs. Mills when she 
left her own behind her. When 
Mrs. Morgan had taken off what 
she had brought for my purpose, 
I conducted her back to the stair- 
case ; and, in going, I begged her 
to send me in my maid to dress me; 
that I was afraid of being too late 
to present my last petition that 
night, if she did not come imme- 
diately. I dispatched her safe, and 
went partly down stairs to meet 
Mrs. Mills, who had the precaution 
to hold her handkerchief to her face, 
as was very natural for a woman to 
do when she was going to bid her 
last farewell to a friend, on the eve 
of his execution. I had, indeed, 
desired her to do it, that my Lord 
might go out in the same manner. 
Her eye-brows were rather inclined 
to be sandy ; and my Lord’s were 
dark, and very thick: however, I 
had prepared sore paint of the co- 
lour of hers, to disguise his with. 
I also bought an artificial head-dress 
of the same coloured hair as hers ; 
and I painted his face with white, 
and his cheeks with rouge, to hide 
his long beard, which he had not 
had time to shave. All this provi- 
sion I had before left in the Tower. 
The poor guards, whom my slight 
liberality the day before had en- 
deared me to, let me go quietly 
with my company, and were not so 
strictly on the wateh as they usually 
had been; and the more so, as they 
were persuaded from what I had 
told them the day before, that the 
prisoners would obtain their pardon. 
I made Mrs. Mills take off her own 
hood, and put on that which I had 
brought for her. I then took her 
by the hand, and led her out cf my 
Lord’s chamber ; and in passing 
through the next room, in which 
there were several people, with f 
the 
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