Jervis,
and taking her advice, and only feared his command to be secret; for,
thought I, he may be ashamed of his actions, and never attempt the like
again: And as poor Mrs. Jervis depended upon him, through misfortunes,
that had attended her, I thought it would be a sad thing to bring his
displeasure upon her for my sake.
In this quandary, now considering, now crying, and not knowing what to
do, I passed the time in my chamber till evening; when desiring to be
excused going to supper, Mrs. Jervis came up to me, and said, Why must I
sup without you, Pamela? Come, I see you are troubled at something; tell
me what is the matter.
I begged I might be permitted to be with her on nights; for I was afraid
of spirits, and they would not hurt such a good person as she. That was
a silly excuse, she said; for why was not you afraid of spirits before?--
(Indeed I did not think of that.) But you shall be my bed-fellow with
all my heart, added she, let your reason be what it will; only come down
to supper. I begged to be excused; for, said I, I have been crying so,
that it will be taken notice of by my fellow-servants; and I will hide
nothing from you, Mrs. Jervis, when we are alone.
She was so good to indulge me; but made haste to come up to bed; and told
the servants, that I should be with her, because she could not rest well,
and would get me to read her to sleep; for she knew I loved reading, she
said.
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