It was my lot first of all to fall into pretty good company in London, which does not always happen to such loose and misguided young fellows as I then was; the devil generally not omitting to lay some snare for them very early; but it was not so with me.
Bij mijne komst te Londen was ik zoo gelukkig in goed gezelschap te geraken, hetgeen een loszinnig jongeling zonder opzigt, gelijk ik, niet altoos te beurt valt.