The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III by Aphra Behn
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yet you know I value my Reputation and Honour.
_Jenny_. Mrs. _Driver_, why shou'd you send for us where _Flauntit_ is? a stinking proud Flirt, who because she has a tawdry Petticoat, I warrant you, will think her self so much above us, when if she were set out in her own natural Colours, and her original Garments, wou'd be much below us in Beauty. Mrs. _Driv_. Look ye, Mrs. _Jenny_, I know you, and I know Mrs. _Flauntit_; but 'tis not Beauty or Wit that takes now-a-days; the Age is altered since I took upon me this genteel Occupation: but 'tis a fine Petticoat, right Points, and clean Garnitures, that does me Credit, and takes the Gallant, though on a stale Woman. And again, Mrs. _Jenny_, she's kept, and Men love as much for Malice, as for Lechery, as they call it. Oh, 'tis a great Mover to Joy, as they say, to have a Woman that's kept. _Jen_. Well! Be it so, we may arrive to that excellent Degree of Cracking, to be kept too one day. Mrs. _Driv_. Well, well, get your selves in order to go up to the Gentlemen. _Flaunt_. _Driver_, what art thou talking to those poor Creatures? Lord, how they stink of Paint and Pox, faugh-- Mrs. _Driv_. They were only complaining that you that were kept, shou'd intrude upon the Privileges of the Commoners. _Flaunt_. Lord, they think there are such Joys in Keeping, when I vow, |
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