I will now give thee the substance of the dialogue that passed between
the two women and the lady. Wonder not, that a perverse wife makes a
listening husband. The event, however, as thou wilt find, justified the
old observation, That listners seldom hear good of themselves. Conscious
of their own demerits, if I may guess by myself, [There's ingenuousness,
Jack!] and fearful of censure, they seldom find themselves disappointed.
There is something of sense, after all in these proverbs, in these
phrases, in this wisdom of nations.
Mrs. Moore was to be the messenger, but Miss Rawlins began the dialogue.
Your SPOUSE, Madam,--[Devil!--only to fish for a negative or affirmative
declaration.]