![]() ![]() ![]() Of every accomplishment accustomary to my sex, I was Mistress. But lovely as I was the Graces of my Person were the least of my Perfections. Tho’ my Charms are now considerably softened and somewhat impaired by the Misfortunes I have undergone, I was once beautiful. ![]() Our mansion was situated in one of the most romantic parts of the Vale of Uske. When I had reached my eighteenth Year I was recalled by my Parents to my paternal roof in Wales. My Father was a native of Ireland and an inhabitant of Wales my Mother was the natural Daughter of a Scotch Peer by an italian Opera-girl-I was born in Spain and received my Education at a Convent in France. LauraĪs the Daughter of my most intimate freind I think you entitled to that knowledge of my unhappy story, which your Mother has so often solicited me to give you. Altho’ I cannot agree with you in supposing that I shall never again be exposed to Misfortunes as unmerited as those I have already experienced, yet to avoid the imputation of Obstinacy or ill-nature, I will gratify the curiosity of your daughter and may the fortitude with which I have suffered the many afflictions of my past Life, prove to her a useful lesson for the support of those which may befall her in her own. ![]()
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