_Man._ I never yet saw you do any thing, Madam, that wanted an excuse; and, I hope, you will not give me an instance to the contrary, by refusing the favour I am going to ask you. Lady _Grace._ I don't believe I shall refuse any, that you think proper to ask. _Man._ Only this, Madam, to indulge me so far, as to let me know how this letter came into your hands. Lady _Grace._ Inclos'd to me, in this without a name. _Man._ If there be no secret in the contents, Madam---- Lady _Grace._ Why----there is an impertinent insinuation in it: But as I know your good sense will think it so too, I will venture to trust you. _Man._ You oblige me, Madam. [_He takes the other Letter and reads._ Lady _Grace._ [_Aside._] Now am I in the oddest situation! methinks our conversation grows terribly critical! This must produce something:----O lud! would it were over! _Man._ Now, Madam, I begin to have some light into the poor project, that is at the bottom of all this. Lady _Grace._ I have no notion of what could be proposed by it. _Man._ A little patience, Madam----First, as to the insinuation you mention---- Lady _Grace._ O! what is he going to say now! [_Aside._ _Man._ Tho' my intimacy with my Lord may have allow'd my visits to have been very frequent here of late; yet, in such a talking town as this, you must not wonder, if a great many of those visits are plac'd to your account: And this taken for granted, I suppose has been told to my Lady _Wronghead_, as a piece of news, since her arrival, not improbably without many more imaginary circumstances. Lady _Grace._ My Lady _Wronghead_! _Man._ Ay, Madam, for I am positive this is her hand! Lady _Grace._ What view could she have in writing it? _Man._ To interrupt any treaty of marriage, she may have heard I am engaged in: Because if I die without heirs, her Family expects that some part of my estate may return to them again. But, I hope, she is so far mistaken, that if this letter has given you the least uneasiness,----I shall think that the happiest moment of my life. Lady _Grace._ That does not carry your usual complaisance, Mr. _Manly_. _Man._ Yes, Madam, because I am sure I can convince you of my innocence. Lady _Grace._ I am sure I have no right to inquire into it. _Man._ Suppose you may not, Madam; yet you may very innocently have so much curiosity. Lady _Grace._ With what an artful gentleness he steals into my opinion? [_Aside._] Well, Sir, I won't pretend to have so little of the Woman, in me, as to want curiosity----But pray, do you suppose then, this _Myrtilla_ is a real, or a fictitious name?