"Lord T. So are the churches—now and then.
"Lady T. My friends frequent them, too, as well as the assemblies.
"Lord T. Yes; and would do it oftener if a groom of the chambers there were allowed to furnish cards to the company.
"Lady T. I see what you drive at all this while. You would lay an imputation on my fame to cover your own avarice! I might take any pleasures, I find, that were not expensive.
"Lord T. Have a care, madam; don't let me think you only value your chastity to make me reproachable for not indulging you in everything else that's vicious. I, madam, have a reputation, too, to guard that's dear to me as yours. The follies of an ungoverned wife may make the wisest man uneasy; but 'tis his own fault if ever they make him contemptible.
"Lady T. My lord, you make a woman mad!
"Lord T. You'd make a man a fool.
"Lady T. If heaven has made you otherwise, that won't be in my power.
"Lord T. Whatever may be in your inclination, madam, I'll prevent you making me a beggar, at least.
"Lady T. A beggar! Croesus, I'm out of patience. I won't come home till four to-morrow morning.