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 a very worthy good-natur’d man, and regarding the true interet and happines of his daughter more than the atisfying his own pride, ambition, or obtinacy, he was prevailed on to forgive her, and to receive her and her huband into his houe, as his children, notwithtanding the oppoition of the old aunt, who declared he would never forgive the wanton lut, and immediately quitted the houe, as oon as the young couple were admitted into it.

The Doctor and his wife lived together above a fortnight, without the leat doubt conceived either by the wife, or by any other peron of the Doctor’s being what he appeared; till one evening the Doctor having drank a little too much punch, lept omewhat longer than uual, and when he waked, he found his wife in tears, who aked her huband, amidt many obs, how he could be o barbarous to have taken uch advantage of her ignorance and innocence, and to ruin her in uch a manner? The Doctor being urprized and carce awake, aked her what he had done. Done, ays he, have you not married me a poor young girl, when you know, you have not you have not  what you ought to have. I always thought indeed your hape was omething odd, and have often wondred that you had not the leat bit of beard; but I thought you had been a man for all that, or I am ure I would not have been o wicked to marry you for the world. The Doctor endeavoured to pacify her, by every kind of promie, and telling her he would have all the pleaures of marriage without the inconveniences. No, no, aid he, you hall not peruade me to that, nor will I be guilty of o much wickednes on any account. I will tell my Papa of you as oon as I am up; for you are no huband of mine, nor will I ever have