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Square was rejoyced to find this Adventure was likely to have no worſe Concluſion; and as for Molly, being recovered from her Confuſion, ſhe began at firſt to upbraid Square with having been the Occaſion of her Loſs of Jones; but that Gentleman ſoon found the Means of mitigating her Anger, partly by Careſſes, and partly by a ſmall Noſtrum from his Purſe, of wonderful and approved Efficacy in purging off the ill Humours of the Mind, and in reſtoring it to a good Temper.
She then poured forth a vaſt Profuſion of Tenderneſs towards her new Lover; turned all ſhe had ſaid to Jones, and Jones himſelf into Ridicule, and vowed, tho’ he had had the Poſſeſſion of her Perſon, that none but Square had ever been Maſter of her Heart.
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