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 you, you would not gues in fifty Years; but if you did gues, to be ure, I mut not tell you neither.’ ‘Nay, if it be omething which you mut not tell me,’ aid Jones, ‘I hall have the Curioity to enquire, and I know you will not be o barbarous to refue me.’ ‘I don’t know,’ cries he, ‘why I hould refue you neither, for that Matter; for to be ure you won’t mention it any more. And for that Matter, if you knew where I had been, unles you knew what I had been about, it would not ignify much. Nay, I don’t ee why it hould be kept a Secret, for my Part; for to be ure he is the bet Lady in the World.’ Upon this, Jones began to beg earnetly to be let into this Secret, and faithfully promied not to divulge it. She then proceeded thus. ‘Why, you mut know, Sir, my young Lady ent me to enquire after Molly Seagrim, and to ee whether the Wench wanted any thing; to be ure, I did not care to go, methinks; but Servants mut do what they are ordered.—How could you undervalue yourelf o, Mr. Jones?—So my Lady bid me go, and carry her ome Linnen, and other Things.—She is too good. If uch forward Sluts were ent to Bridewell, it would be better