☞——Every thing for the best! Eliza. This unexpected visit, is neither a visit of friendship or form—but ’tis a visit, such as I know you will never make me,—of pure Interest—to pillage what they can from me. In the first place to sell a small estate I have of sixty p^{ds}. a year—& lay out the purchase money in joint annuitys for them in the french Funds; by this they will obtain 200 p^{ds}. a year, to be continued to the longer Liver—and as it rids me of all future care—& moreover transfers their Income to the Kingdom where they purpose to live—I’m truely acquiescent—tho’ I lose the Contingency of surviving them—but ’tis no matter—I shall have enough—& a hundred or two hundred Pounds for Eliza when ever She will honour me with putting her hand into my Purse——In the main time, I am not sorry for this Visit, as every Thing will be finally settled between us by it—only as their Annuity will be too strait—I shall engage to remit them a 100 Guineas a year more, during my Wife’s Life—& then, I will think, Eliza, of living for myself & the Being I love as much. But I shall be pillaged in a hundred small Item’s by them—w^{ch}. I have a Spirit above saying, _no_—to; as Provisions of all sorts of Linnens—for house use—Body use—printed Linnens for Gowns—Mazareens of Teas—Plate, (all I have, but 6 Silver Spoons)—In short I shall be pluck’d bare—all but of y^r. Portrait & Snuff Box & y^r. other dear Presents—& the neat furniture of my thatched Palace—& upon these I set up Stock again, Eliza. What say you, Eliza! shall we join our _little capitals together_?—will M^r. Draper give us leave?—he may safely—if y^r. _Virtue_ & Honour are only concerned,—’twould be safe in Yoricks hands, as in a Brothers—I w^d. not wish M^r. Draper to allow you above half I allow M^{rs}. Sterne—Our Capital would be too great, & tempt us from the Society of poor Cordelia—who begins to wish for you. By this time, I trust you have doubled the Cape of good hope—& sat down to y^r. writing Drawer; & look’d in Yoricks face, as you took out y^r. Journal; to tell him so—I hope he seems to smile as kindly upon you Eliza, as ever—y^r. Attachment & Love for me, will make him do so to eternity—if ever he sh^d. change his Air, Eliza!—I charge you catechize your own Heart—oh! twil never happen! * * * * *