urb'd
my purer Thoughts.' 'And are you sure, (said Dame _Katteriena_) that
this wanton Deity is repell'd by the noble force of your Resolutions? Is
he never to return?' 'No, (replied _Isabella_) never to my Heart.' 'Yes,
(said _Katteriena_) if you should see the lovely Murderer of your
Repose, your Wound would bleed anew.' At this, _Isabella_ smiling with a
little Disdain, reply'd, 'Because you once to love, and _Henault's_
Charms defenceless found me, ah! do you think I have no Fortitude? But
so in Fondness lost, remiss in Virtue, that when I have resolv'd, (and
see it necessary for my after-Quiet) to want the power of keeping that
Resolution? No, scorn me, and despise me then, as lost to all the
Glories of my Sex, and all that Nicety I've hitherto preserv'd.' There
needed no more from a Maid of _Isabella's_ Integrity and Reputation, to
convince any one of the Sincerity of what she said, since, in the whole
course of her Life, she never could be charg'd with an Untruth, or an
Equivocation; and _Katteriena_ assur'd her, she believ'd her, and was
infinitely glad she had vanquish'd a Passion, that would have prov'd
destructive to her Repose: _Isabella_ reply'd, She had not altogether
vanquish'd her Passion, she did not boast of so absolute a power over
her soft Nature, but had resolv'd things great, and Time would work the
Cure; that she hop'd, _Katteriena_ would make such Excuses to her
Brother, for her not appearing at the _Grate_ so gay and entertaining as
she us'd, and, by a little absence, she should retrieve the Liberty she
had lost: But she desir'd, such Excuses might be made for her, that
young _Henault_ might not perceive the Reason. At the naming him, she
had much ado not to shew some Concern extraordinary, and _Katteriena_
assur'd her, She had now a very good Excuse to keep from the _Grate_,
when he was at it; 'For, (said she) now you have resolv'd, I may tell
you, he is dying for you, raving in Love, and has this day made me
promise to him, to give you some account of his Passion, and to make you
sensible of his Languishment: I had not told you this, (reply'd
_Katteriena_) but that I believe you fortify'd with brave Resolution and
Virtue, and that this knowledge will rather put you more upon your
Guard, than you were before.' While she spoke, she fixed her Eyes on
_Isabella_, to see what alteration it would make in her Heart and Looks;
but the Master-piece of this young Maid's Art was shewn in this minute,
for