him a whole Day together: the Neighbours, out of Curioſity, have often looked in at the Window to ſee how he behaved when alone, which whenever they did, they were ſure to find him laughing, and in the utmoſt Delight. This made them judge that he was not without Company more pleaſing to him than any Mortal's could be; and what made this Conjecture ſeem the more reaſonable, was, that if he were leſt ever ſo dirty, the Woman, at her Return, ſaw him with a clean Face, and his Hair combed with the utmoſt Exactneſs and Nicety.
A second Account of this Nature, I had from a Woman to whoſe Offspring the Fairies ſeemed to have taken a particular Fancy. The Fourth or Fifth Night after she was delieved of her firſt Child, the Family were alarm'd with a moſt terrible Cry of Fire; on which, every body run out of the Houſe to ſee whence it proceeded, not excepting the Nurſe, who being much frighted as the others, made one of the Number. The poor Woman lay trembling in her Bed, alone, unable to help herſelf, and her Back being turned to the Infant, ſaw not that it
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