as not all he called her for.

When he comes to that part of his narrative, where he
mentions of the proposing of the Lady's maid Hannah, or one
of the young Sorlings, to attend her, thus he writes:

Now, Belford, canst thou imagine what I meant by proposing Hannah, or
one of the girls here, for her attendant? I'll give thee a month to
guess.

Thou wilt not pretend to guess, thou say'st.

Well, then I'll tell thee.

Believing she would certainly propose to have that favourite wench about
her, as soon as she was a little settled, I had caused the girl to be
inquired after, with an intent to make interest, some how or other, that
a month's warning should be insisted on by her master or mistress, or by
some other means, which I had not determined upon, to prevent her coming
to her. But fortune fights for me. The wench is luckily ill; a violent
rheumatic disorder, which has obliged her to leave her place, confines
her to her chamber. Poor Hannah! How I pity the girl! These things are
very hard upon industrious servants!--I intend to make the poor wench a
small present on the occasion--I know it will oblige my charmer.

And so, Jack, pretending not to know any thing of the matter, I pressed
her to send for Hannah. She knew I had always a regard for this servant,
because of her honest love to her lady: but now I have greater regard
for her than ever. Calamity, though a poor servant's calamity, will
rather increase than diminish good will, with a truly generous master or
mistress.

As to one of the young Sorling's attendance, there was nothing at all
in proposing that; for if either of them had been chosen by her, and
permitted by the mother [two chances in that!] it would have been only
till I had fixed upon another. And, if afterwards they had been loth to
part, I could easily have given my beloved to a jealousy, which would
have done the business; or to the girl, who would have quitted her
country dairy, such a relish for a London one, and as would have made
it very convenient for her to fall in love with Will; or perhaps I could
have done still better for her with Lord M.'s chaplain, who is very
desirous of standing well with his lord's presumptive heir.

A blessing on thy honest heart, Lovelace! thou'lt say; for thou art for
providing for every body!

He gives an account of the serious part of their
conversation, with no great variation from the Lady's
account of it: and when h