tions for all honeſt, plain Girls, who are deluded by the wicked Arts of deceitful Men.
CHAP. IX.
Containing Matters which will ſurprize the Reader.
Jenny returned home well pleaſed with the Reception ſhe had met with from Mr. Allworthy, whoſe Indulgence to her ſhe induſtriouſly made public; partly perhaps as a Sacrifice to her own Pride, and partly from the more prudent Motive of reconciling her Neighbours to her, and ſilencing their Clamours.
But though this latter View, if ſhe indeed had it, may appear reaſonable enough, yet the Event did not anſwer her Expectation; for when ſhe was convened before the Juſtice, and it was univerſally apprehended, that the Houſe of Correction would have been her Fate; tho’ ſome of the young Women cry’d out, ‘it was good enough for her,’ and diverted themſelves with the Thoughts of her beating Hemp in a Silk Gown; yet there were many others who began
