Such was the compassion with which it inspired
me for the innocent and injured Theresa, that I have sat by her
bedside, and wept for very pity to hear her address her Percy--her
lost and beloved Percy, and at other times call down the vengeance of
heaven upon the king, for his licentious and cruel tyranny.
"It was during her residence on the coast of Devonshire that she
formed an acquaintance with Lord Hugh Percy, whose ship was stationed
at a neighbouring port. They became strongly attached to each other;
and with the buoyant incautiousness of youth, had already plighted
their faith before it occurred to either, that her want of birth and
fortune would render her unacceptable to his parents knowing, which
he did, that they entered very different views for his future
establishment in life, he dared not at present even make them
acquainted with his engagement; and it was therefore mutually agreed
between them that she should accept the proffered services of Lady
Wriothesly for an introduction to the royal notice, and that he in
the mean while, should seek in his profession the means of their
future subsistence. Secure in their mutual good faith, they parted,
and it was on this occasion that he had given her a song, which in
her insanity she was constantly repeating. The refrain, 'Addio
Teresa, Teresa Addio,' I remembered to have heard murmured by the
Duke of Buckingham with a very significant expression, on the night
when the agitation of Lady Greville had made itself so painfully
apparent in the circle of the Queen.
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