My true friend, the widow, earnestly dissuaded me from it, and so far prevailed with me, that for almost seven years she prevented my running abroad, during which time I took my two nephews, the children of one of my brothers, into my care; the eldest, having something of his own, I bred up as a gentleman, and gave him a settlement of some addition to his estate after my decease.
Durant ce temps je pris sous ma tutelle mes deux neveux, fils d'un de mes frères. L'aîné ayant quelque bien, je l'élevai comme un gentleman, et pour ajouter à son aisance je lui constituai un legs après ma mort.