ACT THE SECOND.
SCENE I .—A Room in Pinchwife's House.
Mrs. Margery Pinchwife and Alithea. Pinchwife peeping behind at the door.
Mrs. Pinch. Pray, sister, where are the best fields and woods to walk in, in London?
Alith. [Aside.] A pretty question!—[Aloud.] Why, sister, Mulberry-garden and St. James's park; and, for close walks, the New Exchange.[74]
Mrs. Pinch. Pray, sister, tell me why my husband looks so grum here in town, and keeps me up so close, and will not let me go a-walking, nor let me wear my best gown yesterday.
Alith. O, he's jealous, sister.
Mrs. Pinch. Jealous! what's that?
Alith. He's afraid you should love another man.
Mrs. Pinch. How should he be afraid of my loving another man, when he will not let me see any but himself?