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MR. BELGER has frequently private
concerts at his hou&longs;e. I always am
one of the party. Sometimes I perform on
the piano forte; &longs;ometimes &longs;ing, and always
meet with &longs;uch applau&longs;e, as almo&longs;t
makes me vain; indeed the prai&longs;es of
Mr. Belger only, are &longs;ufficient for that purpose.
He is the only man I could ever
think perfectly agreeable, &longs;ince the conduct
of Rainsforth gave me &longs;o very de&longs;picable
an opinion of the whole &longs;ex. But of one
thing I am convinced; it is dangerous to
enter into arguments with per&longs;ons who
have an improper opinion of religious matters.
I have had frequent conver&longs;ations
with Mr. Belger on this topic, and in&longs;tead of
being able to convince him of his errors.
(You will tremble whem I tell you) I have
only imbibed his principles, and find doubt
ari&longs;ing in my mind concerning the mo&longs;t

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sacred parts of the holy writings. Oh! my
dear Celia, pray for your weak friend, that
&longs;he may not be lo&longs;t by li&longs;tening to this insinuating
man. I have indeed made frequent
re&longs;olutions to avoid his company, and
as frequently broke them. I take my heart
&longs;everely to ta&longs;k. Surely Celia, after it has
&longs;uffered &longs;o much from the perfidy of the
&longs;ex, it cannot be &longs;o weak, nay &longs;o wicked, as
to feel an attachment for a man who is another's
right. Do not fear for me, my beloved
friend; if I cannot command my feelings,
I can my actions. Should I at &longs;ome future
period di&longs;cover that Rainsforth is not the
capricious character, he at pre&longs;ent appears,
I will never have the mortification to reflect,
I have rendered my&longs;elf unworthy of
his e&longs;teem: if otherwi&longs;e, it &longs;hall never be
in the power of any man to boa&longs;t, that he
has triumphed over the virtue of Meriel
Howard. No Celia, I may be unfortunate,
but I never will be guilty.

Bu&longs;ine&longs;s does not an&longs;wer &longs;o well as I expected.
Many, I believe, employed me at
fir&longs;t from motives of curio&longs;ity, and that
being gratified, they return to tho&longs;e they
formerly dealt with; and I have now scarcely
enough to employ my&longs;elf, and one young
woman, whom Mrs. Moreton has recommended
to me. However, I keep up my

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&longs;pirits as well as I can, and hope for better
times. My letters are few, you &longs;ay lately.
Indeed I have nothing either new or interesting
to write about. When I have, you
&longs;hall hear from your