“. . . .—The fact is simply this, were I to resist
the action as a married woman, I might set it aside, and
recover damages from my persecutor, because the arrest is for necessaries, and
my husband is therefore by law obliged to pay the debt, there being no kind of
legal separation between us. But then, I should involve that husband, and act,
as I should feel, dishonestly towards my creditors. I therefore submit
patiently. I have had various proposals from many friends to settle the
business, but I am too proud to borrow, while the arrears now
due on my annuity from the Prince of
Wales would doubly pay the sum for which I am arrested. I have
written to the Prince, and his answer is that there is no money at Carlton
House—that he is very sorry for my situation, but that his own is equally
distressing!! You will smile at such
| MRS ROBINSON. | 35 |
