10/18 _Lady_ .-- It is all sunk again then, if it was so; I don't know. _Lady_ .-- Why did she entertain him so long, then? _Lady_ .-- Alas! Madam, how could she know, poor lady, till her friends inquired into things? _Lady_ .-- Well, it is very strange; I am sure he passed for another man among us. _Lady_ .-- It must be formerly, then, for they tell me his credit has been sunk these three or four years; he had need enough indeed to try for a greater fortune, he wants it enough. |