[Letter written to Lincoln College, Oxford.] To John Wesley thanking him for carrying out her request. She will not write to, or receive any more letters 'from that person' - a reference to her romance with Robert Leyborn.
She does not know what John's thoughts are with regard to marriage before his thirtieth birthday, but she advises him with her experience of 'the torment of hopeless love', not to engage his affections until he is settled enough to be able to marry.
The story of her life is described in vivid detail from the time of the Epworth Rectory fire to the present, including the break up of her relationship with Leyborn, as instigated by Samuel Wesley junior and her mother. She was happy teaching at Lincoln Boarding school, but since her return to Epworth her life has been a misery. The family is plagued by crippling debt, to such an extent that were their father able to 'clear 50 pd a year' it would still take him seven years to pay off what he owes. They do enjoy some comforts including plentiful food and fuel, and indeed were it not for the lack of 'money, liberty, and cloaths I might live very comfortably'. She is however inclined to remain at Epworth as long as her mother is alive, for 'she is so very good to me'.