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It was enough if she could contribute to reconcile man and wife , and disappoint mischief-makers . She doubted not , that such an envious creature as Miss Howe was glad that Mrs. Lovelace had eloped -- jealousy and love was Old Nick ! See , Belford , how charmingly things work between me and my new acquaintance , the widow ! -- Who knows , but that she may , after a little farther intimacy , -LRB- though I am banished the house on nights , -RRB- contrive a midnight visit for me to my spouse , when all is still and fast asleep ? Where can a woman be safe , who has once entered the lists with a contriving and intrepid lover ? But as to this letter , methinkest thou sayest , of Miss Howe ? I knew thou wouldest be uneasy for me .