Jervis, pray accept of this, which at
the close of every year's accounts I will present you with, besides your
salary, as long as I find your care so useful and agreeable. And he gave
her five guineas.--She made him a low courtesy, and thanking him, looked
to me, as if she would have spoken to me.
He took her meaning, I believe; for he said,--Indeed I love to encourage
merit and obligingness, Longman; but I can never be equally kind to those
who don't deserve it at my hands, as to those who do; and then he looked
full on me. Longman, continued he, I said that girl might come in with
Mrs. Jervis, because they love to be always together. For Mrs. Jervis is
very good to her, and loves her as well as if she was her daughter. But
else--Mr. Longman, interrupting him, said, Good to Mrs. Pamela! Ay, sir,
and so she is, to be sure! But every body must be good to her; for----
He was going on: but my master said, No more, no more, Mr. Longman. I
see old men are taken with pretty young girls, as well as other folks;
and fair looks hide many a fault, where a person has the art to behave
obligingly. Why, and please your honour, said Mr. Longman, every body--
and was going on, I believe, to say something more in my praise, but he
interrupted him, and said, Not a word more of this Pamela.
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