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Lady. Nay, if you did cheat me, then it was a kind of a happy Fraud. Shall I let Mr. ——— know it, if there is any Occasion?
Cou. With all my Heart; I'll justify every Word of it, and satisfy any reasonable Man.
Lady. I don't know whether any thing will satisfy Mr. ——— now, for 'tis hard to remove a Fancy of such a Nature when once it has taken Root in the Mind: Nor do I believe all the Arguments in the World would be of any Weight with him.
Cou. Well, however, I desire one Thing of you for your own satisfaction, and mine too.
Lady. What is that?
Cou. Why, let you and I go to some eminent Physician, and show him the Recipe, and tell him the plain Matter of Fact; and let us hear his Opinion.
Lady. We will go to Dr. ——— ——— then.
Cou. With all my Heart.
According to this Agreement they went to the Doctor, and he read the Particulars: He assured her, that he who gave her the Medicine to cause Abortion, or prevent Conception, or to do a breeding Woman the least harm, deceived her; for that there was nothing in it but what a Woman with Child might freely take without the least Danger, and that nothing in the Medicine could do her the least Injury.
This gave the Lady her self full satisfaction, and made her very easy: But she did not see any room to bring this Part about with Mr. ——— her Husband, for that his Resentments were run high, and he grew warm at but the mention of the Thing; but she thought totell
