THE WOMEN AROUND JOHN WESLEY AT HOME ... - Kristoffersen

The answer to this second letter did not arrive, orthe letter had got lost. Samuel Wesley remained on theother hand the hard man who did not change his attitudetowards his daughter. One can imagine how one wouldhave felt to be cut off from ones childhood home.BROTHER SAMUEL JUNIOR IS HELPINGHetty, got help from her brother Samuel in hersituation with the limited resources he had. Hetty visited inhis home in Westminster. Here she got to know her sister inlaw. She had to be careful what she said to her sister in lawas she used her shameless tongue. On several occasions shetalked against her husbands family.Both Charles and John often visited Hetty whenshe lived in Soho. John did not visit so often and regularly,as Charles, because of his great working engagements.HETTY´ S SOCIAL CONTACTSOne can easily get the impression that life onlywas boring for Hetty, and that she was completely isolatedfrom social contacts, but it was not so. Her uncle Dr.Matthew Wesley took her to the social amusement centreBath and Tunbridge. She spent a lot of time in his home.Here she met the literary talents of that time in worldmetropolis London. Here she was really appreciated, andthis must have made up for her problems in her marriage.Hetty had contact with Matthew Wesley as long as helived. She nursed him during long periods when he was ill,and 1737 he died in her arms. In his testament, which he53