FLAVIA.

I will not open the Letter which my Cynthio writ, upon the

Misapprehension you must have been under when you writ, for want of

hearing the whole Circumstance.

Robin came back in an Instant, and Cynthio answered:

Half Hour, six Minutes after Three,

June 4. Will's Coffee-house.

Madam, It is certain I went by your Lodgings with a Gentlewoman to

whom I have the Honour to be known, she is indeed my Relation, and a

pretty sort of Woman. But your starting Manner of Writing, and owning

you have not done me the Honour so much as to open my Letter, has in

it something very unaccountable, and alarms one that has had Thoughts

of passing his Days with you. But I am born to admire you with all

your little Imperfections.

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