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Birmingham ; but from the em- 

 barrassed state of his circum- 

 stances, found it necessary some 

 time ago to leave the country. 

 My sisters and I, to whom he 

 had given a good education, re- 

 mained at home. Early in Sep- 

 tember I went into the family of 

 INIr. Shipman, as governess to his 

 three daughters, the eldest of 

 ^vhom is nearly 14, the second 

 10, and the third 7. On Friday 

 the 19th of December, I was 

 violently ill with a pain in the 

 chest, and a heaviness, and I 

 retired to my room about seven 

 o'clock. Between eleven and 

 twelve the servant, Clara Johnson, 

 came to ask how I was. Having 

 received no abatement of pain, I 

 told her I was exceedingly ill, 

 and begged that she would ask 

 whether I should bathe my feet 

 in warm water. On her retiun 

 the girl told me that her mistress 

 had sent to her master, and he 

 would be up directly. Before I 

 had time to express my disappro- 

 bation of so extraordinary an in- 

 tention on the part of Mr. Ship- 

 man, he entered the room. Having 

 covered my head with the bed- 

 clothes, and made no reply to his 

 inquirj' how I was, he pulled 

 down the clothes, took both my 

 hands, and placed me by force 

 on my back, desiring me to look 

 at him full in the face. Again 

 he asked me what v/as the matter 

 with me? I said I had a violent 

 pain in my chest. He asked 

 where my chest was ; and I said 

 he must know ; and that he was 

 trifling with me. He then desired 

 Clara to fetch some brandy. She 

 went down for it. The children 

 were in the room, but they were 

 i»>ieep ; the eldest girl was in bed 



with me. Wlien Clara left the 

 room he put his hand over the 

 upper part of my person, and 

 told me the pain was not in my 

 chest, but in my stomach. My 

 endeavour to remove his hand 

 was quite fruitless, for I was ex- 

 tremely weak, and my breath 

 was so violently affected as to 

 render me wholly incapable of 

 remonstrating with him. The 

 first words I addressed to him 

 when he entered the room were, 

 that I had not sent for him, but 

 for Mrs. Shipman. When tho 

 girl returned with the brandy, he 

 removed his hand from my bosom, 

 and obliged me to take some 

 brandy, after which I entreated 

 him to leave the room, which he 

 at first refused, but afterwards 

 consented to do, declaring, how- 

 ever, that Clara should go, and 

 that no one should stay with me, 

 whether I was well or ill. Both 

 went away together. About 5 

 o'clock in the morning I awoke in 

 great pain, and was quite hyste- 

 rical ; my cries awoke Mr. Ship- 

 man's eldest daughter, who 

 jumped out of bed and ran to 

 her parents room. Mr. Shipman 

 came in a few moments after his 

 daughter had left the room, but 

 said nothing, and went away 

 immediately. Clara then came, 

 and said her master had ordered 

 her to dress and take me down. 

 I refused to go, saying to the girl 

 that the bed was better for me, as 

 I was ill. He called repeatedly 

 to know whether I was coming 

 down ; and I, finding objections 

 useless, told the girl she might 

 dress me, and take me down. He 

 was at the bottom of the stairs 

 with a candle in his hand ; he had 

 on a night cap and waistcoat, but 



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