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"What, however," she continued, "is your purpose? Will you go and live with Mrs. Ireton? She is just come hither to give her favourite lap-dog a six weeks' bathing. What say you to the place of her toad-eater? It may be a very lucrative thing; and I can procure it for you with the utmost case. It is commonly vacant every ten days. Besides, she has been dying to have you in her toils, ever since she has known that you spurned the proposition, when it was started by Mrs. Howel."
Juliet protested, that any species of fatigue would be preferable to subservience of such a sort.
"Perhaps you are afraid of seeing too much of Ireton? Be under no apprehension. He makes it a point not to visit her. He cannot endure her. Besides, 'tis so rustic, he says, to have a mother!"
Juliet answered, that her sole plan, now, was to be guided by her friend.
"And who is this friend? Is she of
