m the Lady _Beldam's_ Discourse, and that
this was their Place of Assignation: Suspecting too, that either Sir
_Francis_, or Sir _Thomas_, of whom she had heard not long before, was
Sir _William_, her Brother. The Musick and all the Noise in the House
ceas'd about four a Clock in the Morning; when she again fell into a
Sleep, that took away the Sense of her Sorrows, and Doubts 'till Nine;
when she was again visited from her Lady, by the same She-attendant, to
know how she had rested, and if she wou'd Please to Command her any
Service. _Philadelphia_ reply'd, That she had rested very well most Part
of the Morning, and that she wanted nothing, but to know how her Lady
had Slept, and whether she were in Health, unless it were the Sight of
her Brother. The Servant return'd with this Answer to her Lady, while
_Philadelphia_ made shift to rise, and begin to Dress without an
Assistant; but she had hardly put on anything more than her Night-gown,
e're the Lady _Beldam_ herself came in her _Dishabille_, to assure her
of her Brother's Company with 'em at Dinner, exactly at One a Clock; and
finding _Philadelphia_ doing the Office of a Waiting-woman to herself,
call'd up the same Servant, and in a great Heat (in which however she
took Care to make Use of none of her familiar develish Dialect) ask'd
the Reason that she durst leave the Lady when she was Rising. The Wench
trembling, reply'd, That indeed the Lady did not let her know that she
had any Thoughts of Rising. Well then (said her seeming offended Lady)
stir not from her now, I charge you, 'till she shall think fit to
dismiss you, and Command your Absence. Dear Madam, Good Morrow to you,
(said she to _Philadelphia_) I'll make haste and Dress too. Good Morrow
to your Ladyship (return'd the design'd Victim) when she was _Habille_,
she desir'd the Servant to withdraw; after which she betook herself to
her Devotion; at the end of which the Lady _Beldam_ return'd, attended
by a Servant, who brought some Bread and Wine for her Breakfast; which
might then be seasonable enough to _Philadelphia_; who cou'd not forbear
discovering the Apprehensions she had of her Brother's Unkindness, still
entertaining her _Reverence_, with the Fear she had of his
Disappointment that Day at Dinner; which t'other oppos'd with all the
seeming Reasons her Art cou'd suggest, 'till the Clock had struck
Twelve; when a Servant came to tell the Lady _Beldam_, that one Sir
_William Wilding_ wou'd certainly wait o