“ ‘I would, madam, advise a woman who has been deceived in her first choice, not to make a second; for fear of being deceived again, and running from one error into another.’

“ ‘Good God, what strange morality! I fancy, my dear, that you preached me a quite different sort just now. Might one be informed what sort of woman would hit your taste?’

“ ‘Most willingly, madam but ’tis late, and the discourse would run into too great a length.’

“ ‘So much the better: I am alone, and you will be company for me. Thus the affair is settled, is it not? Seat yourself on this couch, and go on: I shall hear you more at ease.’

“Amisadar obey’d, and sat down by Fannia. ‘That mantelet of yours, madam,’ says he, leaning towards her, and uncovering her bosom, ‘wraps you up strangely.’

“ ‘You say right.’