I was not averse to a tradesman, but then I would have a tradesman, forsooth, that was something of a gentleman too; that when my husband had a mind to carry me to the court, or to the play, he might become a sword, and look as like a gentleman as another man; and not be one that had the mark of his apron-strings upon his coat, or the mark of his hat upon his periwig; that should look as if he was set on to his sword, when his sword was put on to him, and that carried his trade in his countenance.
Je n'étais point si répugnante à un marchand, mais alors je voulais avoir un marchand, par ma foi, qui eût du gentilhomme, et que lorsqu'il prendrait l'envie à mon mari de me mener à la cour ou au théâtre, il sût porter l'épée, et prendre son air de gentilhomme tout comme un autre, et non pas sembler d'un croquant qui garde à son justaucorps la marque des cordons de tablier ou la marque de son chapeau à la perruque, portant son métier au visage, comme si on l'eût pendu à son épée, au lieu de la lui attacher.