d education of me, as matters have turned,
will be of little service to me now; for it had been better for me to
have been brought up to hard labour, to be sure; for that I must turn
to at last, if I can't get a place: (and you know, in places too, one is
subject to such temptations as are dreadful to think of:) so, I say, by
quits I only mean, as I return all the good things she gave me, whether
I may not set my little services against my keeping; because, as I said,
my learning is not now in the question; and I am sure my dear good lady
would have thought so, had she lived; but that too is now out of the
question. Well then, if so, I would ask, Whether, in above this year
that I have lived with my master, as I am resolved to leave all his
gifts behind me, I may not have earned, besides my keeping, these four
guineas, and these poor clothes here upon my back, and in my third
bundle? Now tell me your mind freely, without favour or affection.

Alas! my dear girl, says she, you make me unable to speak to you at all:
To be sure it will be the highest affront that can be offered, for you
to leave any of these things behind you; and you must take all your
bundles with you, or my master will never forgive you.

Well, well, Mrs. Jervis, said I, I don't care; I have been too much used
to be snubbed and hardly treated by my master, of late. I have done him
no harm; and I shall always pray for him and wish him happy. But I don't
deserve these things; I know I don't. Then, I can't wear them, if I
should take them; so they can be of no use to me: And I trust I shall
not want the poor pittance, that is all I desire to keep life and soul
together. Bread and water I can live upon, Mrs. Jervis, with content.
Water I shall get any where; and if I can't get me bread, I will live
like a bird in winter upon hips and haws, and at other times upon
pig-nuts and potatoes, or turnips, or any thing. So what occasion have I
for these things?--But all I ask is about these four guineas, and if you
think I need not return them, that is all I want to know.--To be sure,
my dear, you need not, said she; you have well earned them by that
waistcoat only. No, I think not so, in that only; but in the linen, and
other things, do you think I have? Yes, yes, said she, and more. And my
keeping allowed for, I mean, said I, and these poor clothes on my back,
besides? Remember that, Mrs. Jervis. Yes, my dear odd-one, no doubt you
have. Well then, said I, I am as