Citadel was defended in Form, and at length, in proper-Form, furrendered at Diſcretion.
During this whole Time, which filled the Space of near a Month, the Captain preſerved great Diftance of Behaviour to his Lady, in the Prefence of the Brother, and the more he ſucceeded with her in private, the more reſerved was he in public. And as for the Lady, ſhe had no ſooner ſecured her Lover, than ſhe behaved to him before Company with the higheſt Degree of Indifference; ſo that Mr. Allworthy muſt have had the Inſight of the Devil (or perhaps ſome of his worſe Qualities) to have entertained the leaft Suſpicion of what was going forward.
CHAP. XII.
Containing what the Reader may perhaps expect to find in it.
In all Bargains, whether to fight, or to marry, or concerning any other ſuch Buſineſs, little previous Ceremony is required, to bring the Matter to an Iſſue, when both Parties are really in earneſt. This was the Caſe
