Nor did I leave off to search until ev'ry nook and crevvis had been examin'd.

But in one of ye secret drawers, hidden in an old dog's-eared book of prayers, I did find a lock of fair hair, as if cut from the head of a child, entwin'd curiously with a long plait of dark hair, which, by reason of ye length thereof, must needs have been the hair of a woman, and with these the miniature of a girl's face in a gold frame.

I will not stain this paper, which is near come to an end, by the relation of such suspicions as arose in my mind on finding these curious treasures; nor will I be of so unchristian a temper as to speak ill of the dead.

My husband was in his latter days exemplarily sober, and a humble acting Xtian.

Ye secrets of his earlier life will not now be showne to me on this side heaven.