t may, perhaps, seem strange that Beauplaisir should in such near Intimacies continuestill deceiv'd: I know there are Men who will swear it is an Impossiblity, and that no Disguisecould hinder them from knowing a Woman they had once enjoy'd. In answer to these Scruples, Ican only say, that besides the Alteration which the Change of Dress made in her, she was soadmirably skill'd in the Art of feigning, that she had the Power of putting on almost what Faceshe pleas'd, and knew so exactly how to form her Behaviour to the Character she represented,that all the Comedians at both Playhouses are infinitely short of her Performances: She, could16vary her very Glances, tune her Voice to Accents the most different imaginable from those inwhich she spoke when she appear'd herself. ----

Memory of her dead Husband, that there was no getting a Word from her on any otherTheme:--But bethinking himself of the celebrated Story of the Ephesian Matron,

The more she reflected on theMerits of Beauplaisir, the more she excused herself for what she had done; and the Prospect ofthat continued Bliss she expected to share with him, took from her all Remorse for havingengaged in an Affair which promised her so much Satisfaction, and in which she found not theleast Danger of Misfortune. ---If he is really (said she, to herself) the faithful, the constant Loverhe has sworn to be, how charming will be our Amour? ----And if he should be false, growsatiated, like other Men, I shall but, at the worst, have the private Vexation of knowing I havelost him;----