This new client, though she hid her face in a mask,
could not conceal herself from the knowledge of the conjurer, who,
by her voice, recognised her to be an unmarried lady of his own
acquaintance. She had, within a small compass of time, made herself
remarkable for two adventures, which had not at all succeeded
to her expectation. Being very much addicted to play, she had, at
a certain rout, indulged that passion to such excess, as not only
got the better of her justice, but also of her circumspection, so
that she was unfortunately detected in her endeavours to appropriate
to herself what was not lawfully her due. This small slip was
attended with another indiscretion, which had likewise an unlucky
effect upon her reputation. She had been favoured with the addresses
of one of those hopeful heirs who swarm and swagger about town,
under the denomination of bucks; and, in the confidence of his
honour, consented to be one of a party that made an excursion as far
as Windsor, thinking herself secured from scandal by the company of
another young lady, who had also condescended to trust her person
to the protection of her admirer.
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