ABSTRACT
It is not to be doubted but that Conrade, a er having received this double con-rmation of Melanthe’s transgression, gave over all intentions of becoming her husband; – yet, by what I could gather from his looks, and some expressions he let fall, the manner in which he should quit his pretensions was the occasion of a very great con ict in his mind: – he was a good-natured man, and loth to accuse this young lady to her father; – yet, to break o a match so far advanced, and which he had so earnestly sollicited, without assigning any cause for the change of his resolution, he thought would not only make him appear ridiculous, but also put a nal period to all conversation between him and his old friend; and he probably continued undetermined in this matter till he found himself obliged to talk upon it to Murcio himself, who had appointed to come to town the next day, in order to sign the marriage-writings.
