ſelf; upon the whole, ſhe concluded the Maid had not been in her Bed, from the Time the Spoons were miſs’d, ſhe grew immediately jealous upon it, and ſuſpected, that the Maid ſupplied her Place with her Husband, during her Abſence, and this was the Reaſon why the Spoons were no ſooner found.
She call’d to Mind ſeveral Actions of Kindneſs, her Husband had ſhewed the Maid, Things that paſs’d unheeded by, when they happened, but now ſhe had got that Tormentor, Jealouſy, in her Head, amounted to Proofs of their Intimacy; another Circumſtance which ſtrengthen’d the whole, was, that tho’ her Husband knew ſhe was to come Home that Day, and had had no Communication with her in four Months, which was before her laſt Lying in, yet he took an Opportunity of going out of Town that Morning, upon ſome ſlight Pretence:All theſe Things put together, confirm’d her in her Jealouſy.
As Women ſeldom forgive Injuries of this Kind, ſhe thought of diſcharging her Revenge upon the Maid: In order to this, ſhe leaves the Spoons where ſhe found them, and orders the Maid to put clean Sheets upon the Bed, telling her, ſhe intended to lye there herſelf that Night, bccauſe her Mother in Law was to lye in her Bed, and that ſhe (the Maid) muſt lye in another Part of the Houſe; the Maid in making the Bed, was ſurprized with the Sight of the Spoons, but there were very good Reaſons, why it was not proper for her to tell where ſhe found them, therefore ſhe takes them up, puts them in her Trunk, intending to leave them in ſome Place, where they might be found by chance.
The Miſtreſs, that every Thing might look to be done without Deſign, lies that Night in the Maid’s Bed, little dreaming of what an Adventure
