Previous Consideration necessary: yet not too long Delay.—Imprudent Marriage of Old Kirk and his Servant.—Comparison between an antient and youthful Partner to a Young Man.—Prudence of Donald the Gardener.—Parish Wedding: the compelled Bridegroom: Day of Marriage, how spent.—Relation of the Accomplishments of Phoebe Dawson, a Rustic Beauty: her Lover: his Courtship: their Marriage.—Misery of Precipitation.—The Wealthy Couple: Reluctance in the Husband; why?—Unusually fair Signatures in the Register: the common Kind.—Seduction of Bridget Dawdle by Footman Daniel: her Rustic Lover: her Return to him.—An Antient Couple; Comparisons on the occasion.—More pleasant View of Village Matrimony: Farmers celebrating the Day of Marriage; their Wives.—Reuben and Rachel an happy Pair: an Example of Prudent Delay.—Reflections on their State who were not so prudent, and its Improvement towards the Termination of Life: an Old Man so circumstanced.—Attempt to seduce a Village Beauty: Persuasion and Reply: the Event.