The third evening after
his journey, he was engaged in a party of those young sparks, at
the house of a noted traiteur, whose wife was remarkably handsome,
and otherwise extremely well qualified for alluring customers to
her house. To this lady our young gentleman was introduced as a
stranger fresh from England; and he was charmed with her personal
accomplishments, as well as with the freedom and gaiety of her
conversation. Her frank deportment persuaded him that she was one
of those kind creatures who granted favours to the best bidder: on
this supposition he began to be so importunate in his addresses,
that the fair bourgeoise was compelled to cry aloud in defence of
her own virtue. Her husband ran immediately to her assistance, and
finding her in a very alarming situation, flew upon her ravisher
with such fury, that he was fain to quit his prey, and turn against
the exasperated traiteur, whom he punished without mercy for his
impudent intrusion. The lady, seeing her yoke-fellow treated with
so little respect, espoused his cause, and, fixing her nails in his
antagonist's face, sacrificed all one side of his nose.
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