Notw ithstanding this Metamorphosis she w asstill extremely pretty; and the Mistress of the House happening at that Time to want a Maid, was very glad of theOpportunity of taking her. She was presently receiv'd into the Family; and had a Post in it, (such as she would havechose, had she been left at her Liberty,) that of making the Gentlemen's Beds, getting them their Breakfasts, andwaiting on them in their Chambers.

No, my dear Beauplaisir, (added she,) your Love alone can compensate for the Shameyou have involved me in; be you sincere and constant, and I hereafter shall, perhaps, be satisfy'd with my Fate, andforgive myself the Folly that betray'd me to you.

Beauplaisir; and assuring her he w ou'd be far from doing her a Prejudice, desir'd thatin return for the Pain he shou'd suffer in being depriv'd of her Company that Night, that she w ou'd order her Affairs,so as not to render him unhappy the next.

She was told by 'em all, that she was the most lovely Woman in the World; and some cry'd, Gad, she is mightylike my fine Lady Such-a-one, — naming her own Name. She was naturally vain, and receiv'd no small Pleasurein hearing herself prais'd, t

nd having no Body in Tow n, at that Time, to w hom she w as oblig'd to beaccountable for her Actions, did in every Thing as her Inclinations or Humours render'd most agreeable to her:Therefore thought it not in the least a Fault to put in practice a little Whim w hich came immediately into her Head,to dress herself as near as she cou'd in the Fashion of those Women who make sale of their Favours, and set herselfin the Way