and to your good man. I kissed you when I came in, out of
form; but I now kiss you out of more than form, I'll assure you.

Join with me, my dear parents, in my joy for this happy turn; the
contrary of which I so much dreaded, and was the only difficulty I had
to labour with. This poor Miss Sally Godfrey, I wonder what's become
of her, poor soul! I wish he would, of his own head, mention her
again.--Not that I am very uneasy, neither.--You'll say, I must be a
little saucy, if I was.

My dear master gave me an account, when we went up, of the pains he had
taken with his beloved sister, as he himself styled her; and of all
the kind things the good families had said in my behalf; and that he
observed she was not so much displeased with hearing them, as she was
at first; when she would not permit any body to speak of me as his wife:
And that my health, as his spouse, being put; when it came to her, she
drank it; but said, Come, brother, here's your Pamela to you: But I
shall not know how to stand this affair, when the Countess----, and the
young ladies, come to visit me. One of these young ladies was the person
she was so fond of promoting a match for, with her brother.--Lady Betty,
I know, she said, will rally me smartly upon it; and you know, brother,
she wants neither wit nor satire. He said, I hope, Lady Betty, whenever
she marries, will meet with a better husband than I should have
made her; for, in my conscience, I think I should hardly have made a
tolerable one to any but Pamela.

He told me that they rallied him on the stateliness of his temper; and
said, They saw he would make an exceeding good husband where he was;
but it must be owing to my meekness, more than to his complaisance; for,
said Miss Darnford, I could see well enough, when your ladyship detained
her, though he had but hinted his desire of finding her at our house,
he was so out of humour at her supposed noncompliance, that mine and my
sister's pity for her was much more engaged, than our envy.

Ay, said my lady, he is too lordly a creature, by much; and can't bear
disappointment, nor ever could.

Said he, Well, Lady Davers, you should not, of all persons, find fault
with me; for I bore a great deal from you, before I was at all angry.

Yes, replied she: but when I had gone a little too far, as I own I did,
you made me pay for it severely enough! You know you did, sauce-box. And
the poor thing too, added she, that I took with me for my advocate,