's and Ha's, told his Sister, that upon more
mature Deliberation, he was of Opinion that »as there was no breaking up of the
Peace, such as the Law,« says he, »calls breaking open a Door, or breaking a
Hedge, or breaking a Head; or any such Sort of Breaking; the Matter did not
amount to a felonious Kind of a Thing, nor Trespasses nor Damages, and,
therefore, there was no Punishment in the Law for it.«
    Mrs. Western said, »she knew the Law much better; that she had known
Servants very severely punished for affronting their Masters; and then named a
certain Justice of the Peace in London, who,« she said, »would commit a Servant
to Bridewell, at any Time when a Master or Mistress desired it.«
    »Like enough,« cries the Squire, »it may be so in London; but the Law is
different in the Country.« Here followed a very learned Dispute between the
Brother and Sister concerning the Law, which we would insert, if we imagined
many of our Readers could understand it. This was, however, at length referred
by both Parties to the Clerk, who decided it in Favour of the Magistrate; and
Mrs. Western was, in the End, obliged to content herself with the Satisfaction
of having Honour turned away; to which Sophia herself very readily and
chearfully consented.
    Thus Fortune, after having diverted herself, according to Custom, with two
or three Frolicks, at last disposed all Matters to the Advantage of our Heroine;
who, indeed, succeeded admirably well in her Deceit, considering it was the
first she had ever practised. And, to say the Truth, I have often concluded,
that the honest Part of Mankind would be much too hard for the knavish, if they
could bring themselves to incur the Guilt, or thought it worth their while to
take the Trouble.
    Honour acted her Part to the utmost Perfection. She no sooner saw herself
secure from all Danger of Bridewell, a Word which had raised most horrible Ideas
in her Mind, than she resumed those Airs which her Terrours before had a little
abated; and laid down her Place, with as much Affectation of Content, and indeed
of Contempt, as was ever practised at the Resignation of Places of much greater
Importance. If the Reader pleases, therefore, we chuse rather to say she
resigned - which hath, indeed, been always held a synonimous Expression with
being turned out, or turned away.
    Mr. Western ordered her to be very expeditious
