Beginning of a New Romantic Entanglement
Mary Ann was embroiled in a new endeavor at work, where she took on the responsibility of caring for a smallpox patient urgently in need of nursing. This patient was an excise officer named John Quick-Manning, beginning an unexpected chapter in her life.

As it turned out, the man she knew as John Quick-Manning was actually Richard Quick Mann, revealing a discrepancy as the town’s records bore no mention of a John Quick-Manning. During her diligent care, Mary Ann commenced an affair with him, leading to her becoming pregnant once again.