And then he shook hands, and left
my dear father almost unable to speak, through the sense of his favours
and goodness.
You may believe, my dear mother, how loath I was to part with my good
father; and he was also unwilling to part with me; but he was so
impatient to see you, and tell you the blessed tidings, with which his
heart overflowed, that I could hardly wish to detain him.
Mrs. Jewkes brought two bottles of cherry-brandy, and two of cinnamon-
water, and some cake; and they were put up in the portmanteau, with my
father's newly presented clothes; for he said, He would not, for any
thing, be seen in them in his neighbourhood, till I was actually known,
by every body, to be married; nor would he lay out any part of the twenty
guineas till then neither, for fear of reflections; and then he would
consult me as to what he would buy. Well, said I, as you please, my dear
father; and I hope now we shall often have the pleasure of hearing from
one another, without needing any art or contrivances.
He said, He would go to bed betimes, that he might be up as soon as it
was light; and so he took leave of me, and said, He would not love me, if
I got up in the morning to see him go; which would but make us both loath
to part, and grieve us both all day.
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