 He had a tempestuous relationship with Jenny until late 1753, during which he bought her several gifts, but that did not stop him from raping Susannah, Big Mimber, Belinda, and of course, Dido in places like the morass, on the plantain walk, and in the curing-house and boiling-house.When he finally dropped Jenny, Thistlewood was "in sad pain with the buboes".However, by the time he began his relationship with Phibbah, his venereal infection had abated somewhat.