ſoon perceived theſe Agitations of Mind in Jones, and was at no Loſs to diſcover the Cauſe; for indeed ſhe recognized it in her own Breaſt. And this Recognition is, I ſuppoſe, that Sympathy which hath been ſo often noted in Lovers, and which will ſufficiently account for her being ſo much quicker-ſighted than her Father.
But, to ſay the Truth, there is a more ſimple and plain Method of accounting for that prodigious Superiority of Penetration which we muſt obſerve in ſome Men over the reſt of the human Species, and one which will not only ſerve in the Caſe of Lovers, but of all others. For whence is it that the Knave is generally ſo quick-ſighted to thoſe Symptoms and Operations of Knavery which often dupe an honeſt Man of a much better Underſtanding? There ſurely is no general Sympathy among Knaves, nor have they, like Free Maſons, any common Sign of Communication. In reality, it is only becauſe they have the ſame thing in their Heads, and their Thoughts are turned the ſame Way. Thus, that Sophia ſaw, and that Weſtern did not ſee the plain Symptoms of Love in Jones can be no Wonder, when we conſider that the Idea of Love never entered into the Head of the Father, whereasthe
