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came acquainted with ſome of the people called Methodiſts, and was by them perſuaded to embrace their ſect.
At her return to the Iſle of Man, ſhe ſoon made an eaſy convert of Molly Hamilton, the warmth of whoſe diſpoſition rendered her ſuſceptible enough of Enthuſiaſm, and ready to receive all thoſe impreſſions which her friend the Methodiſt endeavoured to make on her mind.
Theſe two young women became now inſeparable companions, and at length bed-fellows: For Molly Hamilton was prevail’d on to leave her mother’s houſe, and to reſide entirely with Mrs. Johnſon, whoſe fortune was not thought inconſiderabie in that cheap country.
Young Mrs. Hamilton began to conceive a very great affection for her friend, which perhaps was not returned with equal faith by the other. However Mrs. Hamilton declares her love, or rather friendſhip, was totally innocent, till the temptations of Johnſon firſt led her aſtray. This latter was, it ſeems, no novice in impurity, which, as ſhe confeſs’d, ſhe had learnt and often practiced at Briſtol with her methodiſtical ſiſters.
As Molly Hamilton was extremely warm in her inclinations, and as thoſe inclinations were ſo violently attached to Mrs. Johnſon, it would not have been difficult for a leſs artful woman, in the moſt private hours, to turn the ardour of enthuſiaſtic devotion into a different kind of flame.
Their converſation, therefore, ſoon became in the higheſt manner criminal, and tranſactions not fit to be mention’d paſt between them.
They had not long carried on this wicked crime before Mrs. Johnſon was again called by her affairs to viſit Briſtol, and her friend was prevail’d on to accompany her thither.
