Thus [_looking down_] to one woman-acquaintance, from box to box, thus [_with looks differently familiar_], and when one has done one's part, observe the actors do theirs, but with my mind fixed not on those I look at, but those that look at me.

Then the serenades--the lovers! [A query--if the theatres were patronised only by those who looked solely at the stage, what would be the size of the audiences ?] [Footnote A: A well-regulated widow kept herself at home for six weeks after the death of her husband, and denied herself the theatre and other public amusements for a twelvemonth.] "TAT.

Oh, madam, you make my heart bound within me: I'll warrant you, madam, I'll manage them all; and indeed, madam, the men are really very silly creatures, 'tis no such hard matter--they rulers! they governors! I warrant you indeed.
"WIDOW.

Ay, Tattleaid, they imagine themselves mighty things, but government founded on force only, is a brutal power--we rule them by their affections, which blinds them into belief that they rule us, or at least are in the government with us.

But in this nation our power is absolute; thus, thus, we sway--[_playing her fan_].