gain by the stock?--But to return to my review
and to my precautions.

Miss Rawlins fluctuates, as she hears the lady's story, or as she hears
mine. Somewhat of an infidel, I doubt, is this Miss Rawlins. I have not
yet considered her foible. The next time I see her, I will take
particular notice of all the moles and freckles in her mind; and then
infer and apply.

The widow Bevis, as I have told thee, is all my own.

My man Will. lies in the house. My other new fellow attends upon me; and
cannot therefore be quite stupid.

Already is Will. over head and ears in love with one of Mrs. Moore's
maids. He was struck with her the moment he set his eyes upon her. A
raw country wench too. But all women, from the countess to the cook-
maid, are put into high good humour with themselves when a man is taken
with them at first sight. Be they ever so plain [no woman can be ugly,
Jack!] they'll find twenty good reasons, besides the great one (for
sake's sake) by the help of the glass without (and perhaps in spite of
it) and conceit within, to justify the honest fellow's caption.

'The rogue has saved 150L. in my service.'--More by 50 than I bid him
save. No doubt, he thinks he might have done so; though I believe not
worth a groat. 'The best of masters I--passionate, indeed; but soon
appeased.'

The wench is extremely kind to him already. The other maid is also very
civil to him. He has a husband for her in his eye. She cannot but say,
that Mr. Andrew, my other servant [the girl is for fixing the person] is
a very well spoken civil young man.

'We common folks have our joys, and please your honour, says honest
Joseph Leman, like as our betters have.'* And true says honest Joseph--
did I prefer ease to difficulty, I should envy these low-born sinners
some of their joys.

* See Vol. III. Letter XLVII.

But if Will. had not made amorous pretensions to the wenches, we all
know, that servants, united in one common compare-note cause, are
intimate the moment they see one another--great genealogists too; they
know immediately the whole kin and kin's kin of each other, though
dispersed over the three kingdoms, as well as the genealogies and kin's
kin of those whom they serve.

But my precautions end not here.

O Jack, with such an invention, what occasion had I to carry my beloved
to Mrs. Sinclair's?

My spouse may have farther occasion for the messengers whom she
dispatched, one to Miss Howe, the other to