 it into her Head that she was deprived of my Company by Mr. Bagillard, it
was impossible to change her Opinion; and tho' I now spent more of my Time with
her than I had ever done before, she still grew more and more dissatisfied,
till, at last, she very earnestly desired me to quit my Lodgings, and insisted
upon it with more Vehemence than I had ever known her express before. To say the
Truth, if that excellent Woman could ever be thought unreasonable, I thought she
was so on this Occasion.
    But in what Light soever her Desires appeared to me, as they manifestly
arose from an Affection of which I had daily the most endearing Proofs, I
resolved to comply with her, and accordingly removed to a distant Part of the
Town: For it is my Opinion that we can have but little Love for the Person whom
we will never indulge in an unreasonable Demand. Indeed, I was under a
Difficulty with Regard to Mons. Bagillard; for as I could not possibly
communicate to him the true Reason for quitting my Lodgings; so I found it as
difficult to deceive him by a counterfeit one; besides, I was apprehensive I
should have little less of his Company than before. I could, indeed, have
avoided this Dilemma by leaving Montpelier; for Amelia had perfectly recovered
her Health; but I had faithfully promised Captain James to wait his Return from
Italy, whither he was gone some Time before from Gibraltar, nor was it proper
for Amelia to take any long Journey, she being now near six Months gone with
Child.
    This Difficulty, however, proved to be less than I had imagined it; for my
French Friend, whether he suspected any thing from my Wife's Behaviour, tho' she
never, as I observed, shew'd him the least Incivility, became suddenly as cold
on his Side. After our leaving the Lodgings he never made above two or three
formal Visits; indeed his Time was soon after entirely taken up by an Intrigue
with a certain Countess, which blazed all over Montpelier.
    We had not been long in our new Apartments before an English Officer arrived
at Montpelier, and came to lodge in the same House with us. This Gentleman,
whose Name was Bath, was of the Rank of a Major, and had so much Singularity in
his Character, that, perhaps, you never heard of any like him. He was far from
having any of those bookish Qualifications, which had before caused my Amelia's
Disquiet. It is true, his Discourse generally turned on Matters of no feminine
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