We had lived thus near three months, when the company beginning to wear away at the Bath, he talked of going away, and fain he would have me to go to London with him. I was not very easy in that proposal, not knowing what posture I was to live in there, or how he might use me. But while this was in debate he fell very sick; he had gone out to a place in Somersetshire, called Shepton, where he had some business and was there taken very ill, and so ill that he could not travel; so he sent his man back to Bath, to beg me that I would hire a coach and come over to him.
Nous avions vécu ainsi près de trois mois, quand la société de Bath commençant à s'éclaircir, il parla de s'en aller, et il était fort désireux de m'emmener avec lui à Londres; j'étais assez troublée de cette proposition, ne sachant pas dans quelle position j'allais m'y trouver, ou comment il me traiterait; mais tandis que l'affaire était en litige, il se trouva fort indisposé; il était allé dans un endroit du Somersetshire qu'on nomme Shepton; et là il tomba très malade, si malade qu'il ne pouvait voyager: si bien qu'il renvoya son laquais à Bath pour me prier de louer un carrosse et de venir le trouver.