38 MEMOIRS OF 



fcreaming if they were ever left a moment 

 with any perfon who could not fpeak to 

 them in Engli/h. He was obliged to fit 

 up with them many nights ; to per tor m 

 for them the loweft offices of affiftance. 



They loft no beauty by their difeafe. 

 Soon after they had recovered, croiling the 

 Rhone with his wards in a tempeftuous 

 day, the boat overfet. Being an excellent 

 fwimmer he faved them both, though 

 with difficulty and danger to himfelf. 



Mr. Day came back to England in eight 

 months, heartily glad to feparate the little 

 fquabblers. Sabrina was become the fa*- 

 vourite. He placed the fair Lucretia with 

 a chamber milliner. She behaved well, 

 and became the wife of a refpe&able 

 linen-draper in London. On his return 

 to his native country, he entrufted Sabrina 

 to the care of Mr. Bicknel's mother, with 

 whom fhe refided fome months in a 

 country village, while he fettled his affairs 



at 



