We will come down hither again
before the winter, said he, if you please, in order to cultivate the
acquaintance you have begun with Lady Jones, and Sir Simon's family; and,
if it please God to spare us to one another, in the winter I will give
you, as I promised for two or three months, the diversions of London.
And I think, added he, if my dear pleases, we will set out next week,
about Tuesday, for t'other house. I can have no objection, sir, said I,
to any thing you propose; but how will you avoid Miss Darnford's
solicitation for an evening to dance? Why, said he, we can make Monday
evening do for that purpose, if they won't excuse us. But, if you
please, said he, I will invite Lady Jones, Mr. Peters and his family, and
Sir Simon and his family, to my little chapel, on Sunday morning, and to
stay dinner with me; and then I will declare my marriage to them, because
my dear life shall not leave this country with the least reason for a
possibility of any body's doubting that it is so. O! how good was this!
But, indeed, his conduct is all of a piece, noble, kind, and considerate!
What a happy creature am I!--And then, may be, said he, they will excuse
us till we return into this country again, as to the ball. Is there any
thing, added he, that my beloved Pamela has still to wish? If you have,
freely speak.
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