LETTER the FIRST From ISABEL to LAURAHow often, in answer to my repeated intreaties that you would give myDaughter a regular detail of the Misfortunes and Adventures of yourLife, have you said "No, my freind never will I comply with your requesttill I may be no longer in Danger of again experiencing such dreadfulones."Surely that time is now at hand. You are this day 55. If a womanmay ever be said to be in safety from the determined Perseverance ofdisagreeable Lovers and the cruel Persecutions of obstinate Fathers,surely it must be at such a time of Life. IsabelLETTER 2nd LAURA to ISABELAltho' I cannot agree with you in supposing that I shall never again beexposed to Misfortunes as unmerited as those I have already experienced,yet to avoid the imputation of Obstinacy or ill-nature, I will gratifythe curiosity of your daughter; and may the fortitude with which I havesuffered the many afflictions of my past Life, prove to her a usefullesson for the support of those which may befall her in her own. Laura