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quiet her. "My dare Joanna, won't you be easy now, consider, we are fellow labourers in the vineyard of the new faith, you yourself have been my chief teacher; the saints in all ancient times, both now and formerly, have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, and I must have my own share." Here Joanna answered in a violent passion:—"But have not you, you villain, after all your oaths and imprecations, deserted me? have not you engaged to give me the slip; to give me up intirely, for this your new mistress? if you are determined to be Punch, Sir, I will be Joan, but I found out your scheme, Sir, and I discovered them to the lady's husband. I found out the letter, sirrah." "And so it was you, Mistress," said O'Rourke, "that exposed me to all this shame and disgrace, but I will pound you to brick-