Well, but God's will must be done!--And so comes the comfort, that I
shall not be obliged to return back to be a clog upon my dear parents!
For my master said, I will take care of you all, my good maidens; and for
you, Pamela, (and took me by the hand; yes, he took my hand before them
all,) for my dear mother's sake, I will be a friend to you, and you shall
take care of my linen. God bless him! and pray with me, my dear father
and mother, for a blessing upon him, for he has given mourning and a
year's wages to all my lady's servants; and I having no wages as yet, my
lady having said she should do for me as I deserved, ordered the
housekeeper to give me mourning with the rest; and gave me with his own
hand four golden guineas, and some silver, which were in my old lady's
pocket when she died; and said, if I was a good girl, and faithful and
diligent, he would be a friend to me, for his mother's sake. And so I
send you these four guineas for your comfort; for Providence will not let
me want: And so you may pay some old debt with part, and keep the other
part to comfort you both. If I get more, I am sure it is my duty, and it
shall be my care, to love and cherish you both; for you have loved and
cherished me, when I could do nothing for myself.
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