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Knight.I saw nothing in you at first to make a Man happy.
Lady.And I desired no Happiness so much, when I went to Church, as to have been delivered from you.
Knight.I was bewitched with the Money indeed, but never with the Lady, I assure you.
Lady.And my Mother was fond of the Knighthood indeed; I'm sure I was never fond of the Knight.
Knight.I might have had as much Money, it may be, somewhere else.
Lady.And I might have made the Man I loved a Knight with my Money, whenever I pleas'd; but my Mother had her Failings.
Knight.If I had had less Money, I might have had a better Wife.
Lady.And I could never have had a worse Husband.
Knight.Well, I'll find some Way to put an End to it, I'll warrant you: At worst a Pistol and half an Ounce of Lead, will deliver me at once.
Lady.The sooner the better, Sir Thomas. Heaven keep you in the mind.
In short, the Lady had the better of him, and put him in a Rage, and then he left her, and went out of the Room; but about the usual time of going to Bed, they came a little to themselves again, and were preparing to go to Bed, when a few Words rising the Wind, it blew up into another Storm, and the)r fell out more furiously than before.
She told him, she had had but two Children, and she thanked God they were both dead.
He
