Amour, if Mr. Allworthy, who had ſtrictly forbidden him ever ſeeing her more, ſhould diſcover that he ſtill carried on this Commerce. Such a Diſcovery, which his Enemies gave him Reaſon to think would be unavoidable, muſt, he ſaid, end in his Ruin, and conſequently in hers. Since, therefore, their hard Fates had determined that they muſt ſeparate, he adviſed her to bear it with Reſolution, and ſwore he would never omit any Opportunity through the Courſe of his Life, of ſhewing her the Sincerity of his Affection, by providing for her in a Manner beyond her utmoſt Expectation, or even beyond her Wiſhes, if ever that ſhould be in his Power; concluding, at laſt, that ſhe might ſoon find ſome Man who would marry her, and who would make her much happier than ſhe could be by leading a diſreputable Life with him.
Molly remained a few Moments in Silence, and then burſting into a Flood of Tears, ſhe began to upbraid him in the following Words. ‘And is this your Love for me, to forſake me in this Manner, now you have ruined me? How often, when I have told you that all Men are falſe and Perjury alike, and grow tired of us as ſoon as ever they have had their‘wicked
