He brought two letters, one to Mrs. Jewkes, and
one to me: but, as the greatest wits may be sometimes mistaken, they
being folded and sealed alike, that for me was directed to Mrs. Jewkes;
and that for her was directed to me. But both are stark naught,
abominably bad! She brought me up that directed for me, and said, Here's
a letter for you: Long-looked-for is come at last. I will ask the
messenger a few questions, and then I will read mine. So she went down,
and I broke it open in my closet, and found it directed To MRS. PAMELA
ANDREWS. But when I opened it, it began, Mrs. Jewkes. I was quite
confounded; but, thought I, this may be a lucky mistake; I may discover
something: And so I read on these horrid contents:
'MRS. JEWKES,
'What you write me, has given me no small disturbance. This wretched
fool's play-thing, no doubt, is ready to leap at any thing that offers,
rather than express the least sense of gratitude for all the benefits she
has received from my family, and which I was determined more and more to
heap upon her. I reserve her for my future resentment; and I charge you
double your diligence in watching her, to prevent her escape. I send
this by an honest Swiss, who attended me in my travels; a man I can
trust; and so let him be your assistant: for the artful creature is
enough to corrupt a nation by her seeming innocence and simplicity; and
she may have got a party, perhaps, among my servants with you, as she has
here.
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