Chapter 30 A Paper Out Of The "Spectator"

Doth any young gentleman of my progeny, who may read his old grandfather's papers, chance to be presently suffering under the passion of Love? There is a humiliating cure, but one that is easy and almost specific for the malady-which is, to try an alibi. Esmond went away from his mistress and was cured a half-dozen times; he came back to her side,