Soon after he obtained a military situation that fixed him in London, which, together with my engagement, seemed to promise us every reasonable comfort.
Mr Kemble came to perform in Dublin this summer, I had known him for many years, and he had always behaved to me in every respect with the utmost propriety, politely instructing me in those parts which I performed with him, so that I had always considered myself obliged to him.
On this occasion his conduct was the very reverse, nothing could exceed his rudeness at times, so monstrous as to almost prevent my being able to perform with him those parts I had frequently done with the greatest ease to myself and good humour on his part.
I now saw but too plainly he was resolved by this conduct to force me to resign my engagement; upon which I demanded an explanation from him on that subject.
He affected a vast deal of candour, and gave me many plausible reasons, why he thought I should not succeed on a London stage. I shall not pretend to say whether his reasoning was just or not, but I fearcely (sic) doubt his motives; but surely it was not the part of an honest man, much less a gentleman (a part he is sometimes very solicitous to appear in, and which, contrary to his nature and usual habits, he is at times very successful in assuming), to have showed his resentment in some other manner, or got rid of his promise to you in any other way, but by insulting an unoffending person to compel them to act according to his wishes. I wrote to you the whole of Mr. Kemble's conduct, and received from Miss W. an

immediate answer which filled me with mingled surprise and indignation; the purport of which was that both you and she advised me to stay in Ireland, and renew if in my power my engagements there. an immediate answer which filled me with mingled surprise and indignation; the purport of which was that both you and she advised me to stay in Ireland, and renew if in my power my engagements there.
To this letter I could make no answer, it was now too late to recede, my children were gone to England to their father some time, my house disposed of, establishment, &c. &c. all broken up.
With a sad and hopeless heart, I set out for England to join Mr. G. Soon after my arrival in London, I received a letter from Miss W. telling me you had seen Mr. Harris in the country, where you then were; who had enquired of you about me, and that you had answered him vaguely, saying you did not know where I was, and your excuse to me for making such a reply, was that you did not know my final determination.
I saw you shortly after in London; you seemed rejoiced to see me, I then repeated to you Mr. Kemble's conduct. Upon my remarking to you that after his treatment to me in Ireland, I did not think it possible I could retain my engagement, you eagerly (as if you wished it might not be so) agreed that I should on no account think of keeping it; and from that hour I never heard more on the subject.
So ended those advantages which, for more than a year and a half, I had been often told was to place me in a situation so very superior to that I possessed, which had I been suffered to