good night; and, having drank plentifully of sack whey,
had sweated much; so that his fever had abated considerably. She said
to him, that he must not be surprised, and she would tell him news. He
asked, What? And she said, I was come. He raised himself up in his bed;
Can it be? said he--What, already!--She told him I came last night.
Monsieur Colbrand coming to inquire of his health, he ordered him to
draw near him, and was highly pleased with the account he gave him of
the journey, my readiness to come back, and my willingness to reach
home that night. And he said, Why, these tender fair ones, I think, bear
fatigue better than us men. But she is very good, to give me such an
instance of her readiness to oblige me. Pray, Mrs. Jewkes, said he, take
great care of her health! and let her be a-bed all day. She told him I
had been up these two hours. Ask her, said he, if she will be so good as
to make me a visit: If she won't, I'll rise, and go to her. Indeed, sir,
said she, you must be still; and I'll go to her. But don't urge her too
much, said he, if she be unwilling.

She came to me, and told me all the above; and I said, I would most
willingly wait upon him; for, indeed, I longed to see him, and was much
grieved he was so ill.--So I went down with her. Will she come? said
he, as I entered the room. Yes, sir, said we; and she said, at the first
word, Most willingly.--Sweet excellence! said he.

As soon as he saw me, he said, O my beloved Pamela! you have made me
quite well. I'm concerned to return my acknowledgments to you in so
unfit a place and manner; but will you give me your hand? I did, and
he kissed it with great eagerness. Sir, said I, you do me too much
honour!--I am sorry you are so ill.--I can't be ill, said he, while you
are with me. I am very well already.

Well, said he, and kissed my hand again, you shall not repent this
goodness. My heart is too full of it to express myself as I ought. But
I am sorry you have had such a fatiguing time of it.--Life is no life
without you! If you had refused me, and yet I had hardly hopes you would
oblige me, I should have had a severe fit of it, I believe; for I was
taken very oddly, and knew not what to make of myself: but now I shall
be well instantly. You need not, Mrs. Jewkes, added he, send for the
doctor from Stamford, as we talked yesterday; for this lovely creature
is my doctor, as her absence was my disease.

He begged me to sit down by his bed-side, and aske