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Had Ihe not mentioned uncandidly a tranfac- 

 tion which I cannot think upon without regret, 

 I fhould have wilhed it to have been buried in 

 eternal filence; I mean where Mr. K. and 

 myfelf are reported by her to have ufed unfair 

 conduc!!: to a young Irifhman in a duel. The 

 young gentleman, who was about my own age, 

 undoubtedly fell; but nothing unfair took 

 place : the whole bufinefs palTed in the prefence 

 of Mr. D., a refped:able inhabitant of London, 

 who is yet alive; and him I exped and entreat 

 to expofe me as a villain if there was any foul 

 play on my fide, Befides, if there needs a 

 flronger proof of my condudl, I myfelf carried 

 the, unfortunate man to his lodgings, where, at 

 his own requefl-, I remained with him feveral 

 hours, till prudence obliged me to provide for 

 my own fafety from the effedls of the law, by 

 leaving Lille, and retiring to Tournay. The 

 procefs w^as carried on in Mr. K.'s abfence and 

 mine ; and we were, as Mrs. G. juftly relates, 

 hung in effigy, the form of declaring outlawry 

 there ; a ceremony which I was rafh enough to 

 come into Lifle to fee; a ralhnefs which had 

 nearly cofl me dear, for I was difcovered, and had 

 much difficulty to effeduate my retreat to the 

 Imperial territory : and after remaining fomc 

 time at Tournay, I went to BrulTels. 



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