My master went from me to my father, and asked if he had eaten any thing.
No, said Mrs. Jewkes; the good man's heart is so full, he cannot eat, nor
do any thing, till he has seen his dear daughter. That shall soon be,
said my master. I will have you come in with me; for she is going to sit
down with my guests, to a game at quadrille; and I will send for her
down. O, sir, said my father, don't, don't let me; I am not fit to
appear before your guests; let me see my daughter by myself, I beseech
you. Said he, They all know your honest character, Goodman Andrews, and
long to see you, for Pamela's sake.
So he took my father by the hand, and led him in, against his will, to
the company. They were all very good. My master kindly said, Ladies and
gentlemen, I present to you one of the honestest men in England, my good
Pamela's father. Mr. Peters went to him, and took him by the hand, and
said, We are all glad to see you, sir; you are the happiest man in the
world in a daughter; whom we never saw before to-day, but cannot enough
admire.
Said my master, This gentleman, Goodman Andrews, is the minister of the
parish; but is not young enough for Mr. Williams. This airy expression,
my poor father said, made him fear, for a moment, that all was a jest.
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