“When you hear, my dear Everina, that I have been in London near a fortnight without
writing to you or Eliza, you will
perhaps accuse me of insensibility, for I shall not lay any stress on my not
being well in consequence of a violent cold I caught during the time I was
nursing; but tell you that I put off writing because I was at a loss what I
could do to render Eliza’s situation more
comfortable. I instantly gave Jones ten pounds to send,
for a very obvious reason, in his own name to my father, and I could send her a trifle of this kind immediately,
were a temporary assistance necessary. I believe I told you that Mr Imlay had not a fortune when I first knew
him; since that he has entered into very extensive plans, which promise a
degree of success, though not equal to the first prospect. When a sufficient
sum is actually realized, I know he will give me for you and
Eliza five or six hundred pounds, or more if he can.
In what way could this be
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