, Madam,« answered he, »but I am in earnest, and resolved; and into
the Country you go To-morrow.«
    »But why into the Country,« said she, »Mr. James? Why will you be so
barbarous to deny me the Pleasures of the Town?«
    »Because you interfere with my Pleasures,« cried James; »which I have told
you long ago I would not submit to. It is enough for fond Couples to have these
Scenes together. I thought we had been upon a better Footing, and had cared too
little for each other to become mutual Plagues. I thought you had been satisfied
with the full Liberty of doing what you please.«
    »So I am. I defy you to say I have ever given you any Uneasiness.«
    »How,« cries he, »have you not just now upbraided me with what you heard at
the Masquerade?«
    »I own,« said she, »to be insulted by such a Creature to my Face stung me to
the Soul. I must have had no Spirit to bear the Insults of such an Animal. Nay
she spoke of you with equal Contempt. Whoever she is, I promise you, Mr. Booth
is her Favourite. But indeed she is unworthy any one's Regard: for she behaved
like an arrant Dragoon.«
    »Hang her,« cries the Colonel, »I know nothing of her.«
    »Well but, Mr. James - I am sure you will not send me into the Country.
Indeed I will not go into the Country.«
    »If you was a reasonable Woman,« cries James, »perhaps I should not desire
it. - And on one Consideration -«
    »Come name your Consideration,« said she.
    »Let me first experience your Discernment,« said he - »Come, Molly, let me
try your Judgment. Can you guess at any Woman of your Acquaintance that I like?«
    »Sure,« said she, »it cannot be Mrs. Booth!«
    »And why not Mrs. Booth?« answer'd he. »Is she not the finest Woman in the
World?«
    »Very far from it,« replied she, »in my Opinion.«
    »Pray, what Faults,« said he, »can you find in her?«
    »In the first Place,« cries Mrs. James, »her Eyes are too large; and she
hath a Look with them that I don't know how to describe; but I