O the little hypocrite! said he; she has all the arts of
her sex; they were born with her; and I told you awhile ago you did not
know her. But this was not the reason principally of my calling you
before me together. I find I am likely to suffer in my reputation by the
perverseness and folly of this girl. She has told you all, and perhaps
more than all; nay, I make no doubt of it; and she has written letters
(for I find she is a mighty letter-writer!) to her father and mother, and
others, as far as I know, in which representing herself as an angel of
light, she makes her kind master and benefactor, a devil incarnate--(O
how people will sometimes, thought I, call themselves by their right
names!)--And all this, added he, I won't hear; and so I am resolved she
shall return to the distresses and poverty she was taken from; and let
her be careful how she uses my name with freedom, when she is gone from
me.
I was brightened up at once with these welcome words, and I threw myself
upon my knees at his feet, with a most sincere glad heart; and I said,
May your honour be for ever blessed for your resolution! Now I shall be
happy. And permit me, on my bended knees, to thank you for all the
benefits and favours you have heaped upon me; for the opportunities I
have had of improvement and learning, through my good lady's means, and
yours.
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