Midnight
In a Word , whatever I advised you to you will certainly do the contrary ; However , that you may be said to have lost your Time in coming hither , hasten to the young Lady , tell her in a Franck Cavalier way how Things are with you ; give all the vent you can to your Passion ; if it blows over , you will be a wary Man hereafter , if it ends in Wedlock , any Body will inform you of the Consequences . While the old Gentleman was entertaining me with this Lesson , my Head grew so dizy , as if some invisible Hand had turn 'd it round like a Gigg , so I left him abruptly , and went directly to my Lodgings to Bed , but to this Day I can not tell , whether I went a Foot or in a Coach my Head was in such a Confusion . The next Morning finding my ideas better rang 'd , I propos 'd to seize the first Opportunity to let the Lady understand the Difficulties I struggled under upon her Account ; but the Nature of our Visits was such , that I cou 'd not do it any otherwise than by Letter : Thus when I had once broke the Ice , and that too with a fair Prospect of making Advances , in the next Place I gain 'd the Maid by the usual Methods that such Creatures are render 'd Obsequious , and under her Conduct methoughts I sail 'd prosperously on without the least Rub to my suppos 'd Happiness ; 't is true I was at a constant Charge of Presents , Treats , and now and then a Serenade according to the _ Spanish _ Customs . But I remember at one of these Midnight Scenes of Gallantry , I saw something that gave me a great deal of Uneasiness ; drawing up my Musick under the Lady 's Window , besides her Face , which was at the Casement wide open , I saw the Reflexion of a Periwig move towards the Corner of the Window ; this made me vehemently suspect somebody had a better place in her Affections than my self , for there was no Male kind belonging to the Family , her Father and Brother , as she told me at other Times , being in _ Spain _ , to take care of some Effects they expected by the Flota from the _ West Indies _ . However , I endeavour 'd to smother this Impression of Jealousy , attributing the Mistake to the Circumstances of Night , Candle Light , or some other false Medium that might ground it , so I was resolv 'd to take no notice of it at my next Visit . But it was not long before I met with another Occasion of Jealousy , which cou 'd not so easily be banish 'd out of my Head . Sitting in the Chocolate House , a young Gentleman was giving himself Airs with a Snuff-box , which to my Eye -LRB- and it was my Interest to observe it very narrowly -RRB- appear 'd to be the very same I had some time before presented the Lady with , and as an aggravating Circumstance , in taking Notice of the Gentleman 's Periwig , it had the same Form with the Reflexion I saw up in the Lady 's Chamber Window , _ vid _ .