deeply moved and interested her. On coming out
of church, he found his way to her chair, and made her an elegant bow as
she stepped into it. She saw him at Court afterwards, where he carried
himself with a most distinguished air, though none of her acquaintances
knew his name; and the next night he was at the play, where her ladyship
was pleased to acknowledge him from the side-box.

"During the whole of the comedy she racked her brains so to remember his
name that she did not hear a word of the piece: and having the happiness
to meet him once more in the lobby of the playhouse, she went up to
him in a flutter, and bade him remember that she kept two nights in the
week, and that she longed to see him at Spring Garden.

"He appeared on Tuesday, in a rich suit, showing a very fine taste both
in the tailor and wearer; and though a knot of us were gathered round
the charming Jocasta, fellows who pretended to know every face upon
the town, not one could tell the gentleman's name in reply to Jocasta's
eager inquiries, flung to the right and left of her as he advanced up
the room with a bow that would become a duke.

"Jocasta acknowledged this salute with one of those smiles and curtsies
of which that lady hath the secret. She curtsies with a languishing air,
as if to say, 'You are come at last. I have been pining for you:' and
then she finishes her victim with a killing look, which declares: 'O
Philander! I have no eyes but for you.' Camilla hath as good a curtsy
perhaps, and Thalestris much such another look; but the glance and the
curtsy together belong to Jocasta of all the English beauties alone.

"'Welcome to London, sir,' says she. 'One can see you are from the
country by your looks.' She would have said 'Epsom,' or 'Tunbridge,'
had she remembered rightly at which place she had met the stranger; but,
alas! she had forgotten.

"The gentleman said, 'he had been in town but three days; and one of his
reasons for coming hither was to have the honor of paying his court to
Jocasta.'

"She said, 'the waters had agreed with her but indifferently.'

"'The waters were for the sick,' the gentleman said: 'the young and
beautiful came but to make them sparkle. And as the clergyman read the
service on Sunday,' he added, 'your ladyship reminded me of the angel
that visited the pool.' A murmur of approbation saluted this sally.
Manilio, who is a wit when he is not at cards, was in such a rage that
he revoked when he heard it.