And she from knowledge of the Cost refrain’d.
They were not wealthy, and they needed Care
To keep Affairs as buoyant as they were.
In this good Lady it was strange to see
How ignorant a knowing Wife can be.
Learning she held, if not a very Crime, 530
A needless burden and a Loss of Time.
Of all the world above and this below
She knew as much as she desir’d to know;
And that is more, with all their Search and Care,