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'twas allowed that he was very well tempered when sober, and, in general, had the Character of a good-humoured Man.
It seems no Body else was so kind, or so just to her, or so well acquainted with his Humour, as to acquaint her of this Part, but that one Person; and the Lady either liking the Man, or having particularly a mind to be married, or what else over-ruled her, I know not, but she took this Account, which was the only faithful and sincere one that she had given her, to be malicious and false; so she went on with her Affair, as before, giving no heed to what she had been so kindly inform'd of.
But a little while after, as if Providence had directed it for her more effectual Information, and particularly that she might have no excuse, and none to blame but her self; I say, a little after this, he happens to be very Drunk, and, in his drink, he not only takes care to give the Lady a Visit, but goes from her to the House of one of her nearest Relations, and shows himself there too.
The Lady surprised, not at his Visit, but at seeing him in that Condition, as soon as she could decently dismiss him, went big with her discovery, and greatly exasperated as well as disappointed, to make her Complaint, and give her Passions vent at her Relations, who I mentioned above. But if she was vexed and disappointed before, she was both angry and ashamed now, to find he had so little Discretion in his Wine, as to go and show and expose himself there, so that when she saw it, she could not forbear reproaching him with it, and that in the bitterest Terms imaginable.
