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felf; upon the whole, flie concluded the Maid had 

 not been in her Bed, from the Time the Spoons 

 were mifsM, Ihe grew immedi'atefy jealous upon it, 

 and fufpefted, that the Maid fupplied her Place 

 with her Husband, during her Abfence, and this 

 was the Reafbn why the Spoons were no Iboner 

 found. 



She caird to Mind feveral Anions of Kindnefs, 

 her Husband had fiiewed the Maid, Things that 

 pafs'd unheeded by, when they happened, but now 

 jhe had got that Tormentor, Jealoufy;, in her Head, 

 amounted to Proofs ofthelr Intimacy another Cir- 

 cumftance which ftrengthen'd the whole,, was, that 

 tho' her Husband knew ihe was to come Homq 

 that Day, and had had no Communication with 

 her in four Months, which was before her lafi: 

 Lying in, yet he took an Opportunity of going out 

 of Town that Morning, upon fome flight Pretence : 

 — All thefe Things put together, confirmed her in 

 her Jealoufy. 



As Women feldom forgiv'-e Injuries of this Kind, 

 ine thought of difcharging her Revenge upon the 

 Maid : In order to this, flie leaves the Spoons where 

 Jhe found them, and orders the Maid tb put clean 

 Sheets upon the Bed, telling her, Ihe intended to 

 lye there herlelf that Night, bccaufe her Mother 

 in Law was to lye in her Bed, and that fhe (the 

 Maid) muft lye in another Part of the Houle • the 

 Maid in making the Bed, was farprized with the 

 Sight of the Spoons, but there were very good 

 Reafons, why it was not proper for her to tell 

 where flie found them, therefore fhe takes them 

 lip, puts them in her Trunk, intending to leave 

 them in fome Place, where they might be found 

 bv chance. 



The ^fftrefs, that every Thing might look to 

 be done without Defign, lies that Night in the 

 Maid's Bed, little dreaming of what an Adventure 



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