2. Lady.—Well; but pray, Madam, what was the reason, if we may be so free, that she turned him off after she had entertained him so long?
1. Lady.—Oh, Madam! reason enough; I wonder he should pretend, when he knew his own circumstances too, to court a lady of her fortune.
2. Lady.—Why, are not his circumstances good, then?
1. Lady.—No, Madam. Good! alas, he has no bottom.
2. Lady.—No bottom! Why, you surprise me; we always looked upon him to be a man of substance, and that he was very well in the world.
1. Lady.—It is all a cheat, Madam; there's nothing in it; when it came to be made out, nothing at all in it.
2. Lady.—That cannot be, Madam; Mr —— has lived always in good reputation and good credit in his business.
1. Lady.—It is all sunk again then, if it was so; I don't know.
2. Lady.—Why did she entertain him so long, then?
1. Lady.—Alas! Madam, how could she know, poor lady, till her friends inquired into things? But when they came to look a little narrowly into it, they soon found reason to give her a caution, that he was not the man she took him for.