. Fitzpatrick
, »I know not what I mean; there is something, I think, in true Tenderness
bewitching; few Women ever meet with it in Men, and fewer still know how to
value it when they do. I never heard such truly noble Sentiments, and I can't
tell how it is, but you force one to believe you. Sure she must be the most
contemptible of Women who can overlook such Merit.«
    The Manner and Look with which all this was spoke infused a Suspicion into
Jones, which we don't care to convey in direct Words to the Reader. Instead of
making any Answer, he said, »I am afraid, Madam, I have made too tiresome a
Visit,« and offered to take his Leave.
    »Not at all, Sir,« answered Mrs. Fitzpatrick. - »Indeed I pity you, Mr.
Jones, indeed I do; but if you are going, consider of the Scheme I have
mentioned, I am convinced you will approve it, and let me see you again as soon
as you can. - To-morrow Morning if you will, or at least some time to-morrow. I
shall be at Home all Day.«
    Jones then, after many Expressions of Thanks, very respectfully retired; nor
could Mrs. Fitzpatrick forbear making him a Present of a Look at parting, by
which if he had understood nothing, he must have had no Understanding in the
Language of the Eyes. In Reality it confirmed his Resolution of returning to her
no more; for faulty as he hath hitherto appeared in this History, his whole
Thoughts were now so confined to his Sophia, that I believe no Woman upon Earth
could have now drawn him into an Act of Inconstancy.
    Fortune however, who was not his Friend, resolved, as he intended to give
her no second Opportunity, to make the best of this; and accordingly produced
the tragical Incident which we are now in sorrowful Notes to record.
 

                                   Chapter X

                    The Consequence of the preceding Visit.
 
Mr. Fitzpatrick having received the Letter before-mentioned, from Mrs. Western,
and being by that Means acquainted with the Place to which his Wife was retired,
returned directly to Bath, and thence the Day after set forward to London.
    The Reader hath been already often informed of the jealous Temper of this
Gentleman. He may likewise be pleased to remember the Suspicion which he had
conceived of Jones at Upton, upon his finding him in the Room with Mrs. Waters;
and though sufficient Reasons had afterwards appeared entirely to clear up that
Suspicion,
