Here she set up the same trade she had followed in Ireland, in which she soon, by her admirable management and good tongue, arrived to the height which I have already described, and indeed began to be rich, though her trade fell off again afterwards, as I have hinted before. I mentioned thus much of the history of this woman here, the better to account for the concern she had in the wicked life I was now leading, into all the particulars of which she led me, as it were, by the hand, and gave me such directions, and I so well followed them, that I grew the greatest artist of my time and worked myself out of every danger with such dexterity, that when several more of my comrades ran themselves into Newgate presently, and by that time they had been half a year at the trade, I had now practised upwards of five years, and the people at Newgate did not so much as know me; they had heard much of me indeed, and often expected me there, but I always got off, though many times in the extremest danger.
Cependant ma gouvernante me conduisait dans tous les détails de la mauvaise vie que je menais maintenant, comme si ce fût par la main, et me donnait de telles instructions, et je les suivais si bien que je devins la plus grande artiste de mon temps; et je me tirais de tous les dangers avec une si subtile dextérité, que tandis que plusieurs de mes camarades se firent enfermer à Newgate, dans le temps qu'elles avaient pratiqué le métier depuis une demi-année, je le pratiquais maintenant depuis plus de cinq ans et les gens de Newgate ne faisaient pas tant que me connaître; ils avaient beaucoup entendu parler de moi, il est vrai, et m'attendaient bien souvent mais je m'étais toujours échappée, quoique bien des fois dans le plus extrême danger.