Jervis, comes poor Pamela's bundle; and a little one it is to
the others. First, here is a calico nightgown, that I used to wear o'
mornings. 'Twill be rather too good for me when I get home; but I must
have something. Then there is a quilted calamanco coat, and a pair of
stockings I bought of the pedlar, and my straw-hat with blue strings; and
a remnant of Scots cloth, which will make two shirts and two shifts, the
same I have on, for my poor father and mother. And here are four other
shifts, one the fellow to that I have on; another pretty good one, and
the other two old fine ones, that will serve me to turn and wind with at
home, for they are not worth leaving behind me; and here are two pair of
shoes, I have taken the lace off, which I will burn, and may be will
fetch me some little matter at a pinch, with an old silver buckle or two.
What do you laugh for, Mrs. Jervis? said I.--Why you are like an April
day; you cry and laugh in a breath.
Well, let me see; ay, here is a cotton handkerchief I bought of the
pedlar--there should be another somewhere. O, here it is! and here too
are my new-bought knit mittens; and this is my new flannel coat, the
fellow to that I have on and in this parcel, pinned together, are several
pieces of printed calico, remnants of silks, and such like, that, if good
luck should happen, and I should get work, would serve for robins and
facings, and such like uses.
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