"She was inclined to be a little too plump before she went.
"The most intrepid blush;—I've known her complexion stand fire for an hour together.
"'She had twins,'—How ill-natured! as I hope to be saved, ma'am, she had but one; and that a little starved brat not worth mentioning."
The following is the opening scene of his first sketch, from which it will be perceived that the original plot was wholly different from what it is at present,—Sir Peter and Lady Teazle being at that time not in existence.
"LADY SNEERWELL and SPATTER.
"Lady S. The paragraphs, you say, were all inserted.
"Spat. They were, madam.
"Lady S. Did you circulate the report of Lady Brittle's intrigue with Captain Boastall?
"Spat. Madam, by this Lady Brittle is the talk of half the town; and in a week will be treated as a demirep.
"Lady S. What have you done as to the innuendo of Miss Niceley's fondness for her own footman?