Fits of Love and Jealouſy, nay, even denies herſelf any Pleaſure, to diſturb and prevent thoſe of her Huſband; and he again, in return, puts frequent Reſtraints on himſelf, and ſtays at home in Company which he diſlikes, in order to confine his Wife to what ſhe equally deteſts. Hence too muſt flow thoſe Tears which a Widow ſometimes ſo plentifully ſheds over the Aſhes of a Huſband with whom ſhe led a Life of conſtant Diſquiet and Turbulency, and whom now ſhe can never hope to torment any more.
But if ever any Couple enjoyed this Pleaſure, it was at preſent experienced by the Captain and his Lady. It was always a ſufficient Reaſon to either of them to be obſtinate in any Opinion, that the other had previouſly aſſerted the contrary. If the one propoſed any Amuſement, the other conſlantly objected to it. They never loved or hated, commended or abuſed the ſame Perſon. And for this Reaſon, as the Captain looked with an evil Eye on the little Foundling, his Wife began now to careſs it almoſt equally with her own Child.
The Reader will be apt to conceive, that this Behaviour between the Huſband andWife
