Book contents
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Select Bibliography
- Note on the Text
- The Invisible Spy
- BOOK I
- BOOK II
- VOL. II
- BOOK III
- CHAP. I In which the author introduces himself to the public by some letters he has received from unrequested correspondents, and the answers he gives to them
- CHAP. II Contains the history of a very extraordinary funeral, and also of some other pretty particular occurrences which the author was witness of, in Invisible visit he made to the most favourite part of the family of a lady of distinction
- CHAP. III Is a kind of a warning-bell to the public, and gives a melancholy, tho' a common proof, that a person in endeavouring, by unjust or imprudent measures, to avoid falling into an imaginary misfortune is frequently liable to bring on effectually what otherwise might never have happen'd
- CHAP. IV In which the reader is requested to expect no more than a continuation of same narrative begun in the preceding chapter; and which has in it too great a multiplicity of incidents to be fully concluded in this
- CHAP. V In which the consequences of Cleora's elopement, in relation both to herself and husband, are fully shewn, and an end put to that suspense which it is probable the former pages may have excited in the mind of every interested and curious reader
- CHAP. VI Treats of divers and sundry matters, some of which the Invisible author flatters himself will be very agreeable to the greatest part of the readers, but if, contrary to his expectations, they should happen to he found otherwise he hopes at least they will be excused on account of others, both past and to come, more entertaining and suitable to his taste
- CHAP. VII Presents the reader with a full view of the beautiful and much Sabina, in an impartial description of her person and character, with particulars in relation to her two amours, and the consequences which attended this last assignation made with her favourite Youngly
- CHAP. VIII Contains the catastrophe of an adventure, which the author thinks fit declare is inserted in these lucubrations less to amuse his reader than the sake of setting in a true light those facts which some people have artfully endeavoured to misrepresent to the public
- BOOK IV
- VOL. III
- BOOK V
- BOOK VI
- BOOK VII
- BOOK VIII
- Editorial Notes
- Silent Corrections
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Select Bibliography
- Note on the Text
- The Invisible Spy
- BOOK I
- BOOK II
- VOL. II
- BOOK III
- CHAP. I In which the author introduces himself to the public by some letters he has received from unrequested correspondents, and the answers he gives to them
- CHAP. II Contains the history of a very extraordinary funeral, and also of some other pretty particular occurrences which the author was witness of, in Invisible visit he made to the most favourite part of the family of a lady of distinction
- CHAP. III Is a kind of a warning-bell to the public, and gives a melancholy, tho' a common proof, that a person in endeavouring, by unjust or imprudent measures, to avoid falling into an imaginary misfortune is frequently liable to bring on effectually what otherwise might never have happen'd
- CHAP. IV In which the reader is requested to expect no more than a continuation of same narrative begun in the preceding chapter; and which has in it too great a multiplicity of incidents to be fully concluded in this
- CHAP. V In which the consequences of Cleora's elopement, in relation both to herself and husband, are fully shewn, and an end put to that suspense which it is probable the former pages may have excited in the mind of every interested and curious reader
- CHAP. VI Treats of divers and sundry matters, some of which the Invisible author flatters himself will be very agreeable to the greatest part of the readers, but if, contrary to his expectations, they should happen to he found otherwise he hopes at least they will be excused on account of others, both past and to come, more entertaining and suitable to his taste
- CHAP. VII Presents the reader with a full view of the beautiful and much Sabina, in an impartial description of her person and character, with particulars in relation to her two amours, and the consequences which attended this last assignation made with her favourite Youngly
- CHAP. VIII Contains the catastrophe of an adventure, which the author thinks fit declare is inserted in these lucubrations less to amuse his reader than the sake of setting in a true light those facts which some people have artfully endeavoured to misrepresent to the public
- BOOK IV
- VOL. III
- BOOK V
- BOOK VI
- BOOK VII
- BOOK VIII
- Editorial Notes
- Silent Corrections
Summary
I staid some hours at the house of Aristus, expecting to be witness of something extraordinary in his behaviour, when he should be told of the departure of his wife; but he returning not in all that time, I grew weary of the tedious attendance and quitted my post in order to go home; for as to Cleora, I had no thoughts of visiting her in her new apartment 'till next morning.
It not being late, however, I took it into my head to call in at a great coffee-house in my way, and lucky was it for the gratification of my curiosity that I did so; – I found Aristus there, – he was sitting at a table in one corner of the room, some distance from the other company, with paper and a standish before him; – I advanced with all the speed I could towards him, and saw him write the following billet:
To Leander.
Sir
You are a villain, and have endeavour'd to wrong me in a point too tender to be forgiven: – I need only tell you, that I am the husband of Cleora, to inform you both of what I mean, and what sort of satisfaction my honour demands from you, which I expect you will give me to-morrow morning at seven, in the Artillery-ground, Tothill-fields:112 – the bearer has orders to wait your answer to Aristus.
This he sent by a porter to the Braund's head in Bond-street, at which house, as I afterwards discover'd, he had with a good deal of pains got intelligence that Leander constantly supp'd every night.
I waited behind Aristus with an impatience, perhaps, not inferior to his own, to see what reply Leander would make to the above, till the porter return'd from him with these lines:
To Aristus.
Sir
Tho’ your telling me that you are the husband of Cleora cannot make me in the least sensible how I deserve the name of villain, yet I can easily guess at the satisfaction you require, and shall not fail to meet you at the hour and place appointed, in hopes of being better inform'd for what imaginary cause you treat in this manner a person who neither knows or ever had any design to injure you.
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