This was a providential accommodation to me, which I received
thankfully, both from the Lord and from him; and from thenceforth I
thought I lay as well as ever I had done in my life.
Amongst those that remained there were several young men who cast
themselves into a club, and laying down every one an equal
proportion of money, put it into the hand of our friend Anne
Travers, desiring her to lay it out for them in provisions, and send
them in every day a mess of hot meat; and they kindly invited me to
come into their club with them. These saw my person, and judged of
me by that, but they saw not my purse, nor understood the lightness
of my pocket. But I, who alone understood my own condition, knew I
must sit down with lower commons. Wherefore, not giving them the
true reason, I as fairly as I could excused myself from entering at
present into their mess, and went on, as before, to eat by myself,
and that very sparingly, as my stock would bear; and before my
tenpence was quite spent, Providence, on whom I relied, sent me in a
fresh supply.
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