Roxana, The Fortunate Mistress Section 28

In which Roxana devises a careful stratagem to postpone her voyage and evade an unwelcome visitor, whose persistent claims of maternity threaten to disturb her carefully constructed life. The tale unfolds with the tender alignment of her husband’s kindness and her own duplicity, as well as the loyal efforts of her friend the Quaker to manage the pressing demands of this impertinent girl.