 and
Joy gush'd from both their Eyes. So ravish'd indeed were their Hearts, that for
some Time they both forgot the dreadful Situation of their Affairs.
    This however was but a short Reverie. It soon recurr'd to Amelia that tho'
she had the Liberty of leaving that House when she pleased, she could not take
her beloved Husband with her. This Thought stung her tender Bosom to the Quick,
and she could not so far command herself, as to refrain from many sorrowful
Exclamations against the Hardship of their Destiny; but when she saw the Effect
they had upon Booth, she stifled her rising Grief, forced a little Cheerfulness
into her Countenance, and exerting all the Spirits she could raise within
herself, expressed her Hopes of seeing a speedy End to their Sufferings. She
then ask'd her Husband what she should do for him, and to whom she should apply
for his Deliverance.
    »You know, my Dear,« cries Booth, »that the Doctor is to be in Town some
Time to Day. My Hopes of immediate Redemption are only in him; and if that can
be obtain'd, I make no Doubt but of the Success of that Affair which is in the
Hands of a Gentleman who hath faithfully promised, and in whose Power I am so
well assured it is to serve me.«
    Thus did this poor Man support his Hopes by a Dependance on that Ticket
which he had so dearly purchased of one who pretended to manage the Wheels in
the Great State Lottery of Preferment. A Lottery indeed which hath this to
recommend it, that many poor Wretches feed their Imaginations with the Prospect
of a Prize during their whole Lives, and never discover they have drawn a Blank.
    Amelia, who was of a pretty sanguine Temper, and was entirely ignorant of
these Matters, was full as easy to be deceived into Hopes as her Husband; but in
Reality at present she turn'd her Eyes to no distant Prospect; the Desire of
regaining her Husband's Liberty having engrossed her whole Mind.
    While they were discoursing on these Matters, they heard a violent Noise in
the House, and immediately after several Persons passed by their Door up Stairs
to the Apartment over their Head. This greatly terrified the gentle Spirit of
Amelia, and she cried - »Good Heavens, my Dear, must I leave you in this horrid
Place? I am terrified with a thousand Fears concerning you.«
    Booth endeavoured to comfort her, saying, that he was in no Manner of
Danger, and that he doubted not but that the Doctor would soon
