But, if it be your choice, and theirs, to have
them nearer to you, or even under the same roof with you, I will freely
consent to it.
O no, sir, said I, (and I fear almost sinned in my grateful flight,) I am
sure they would not choose that; they could not, perhaps, serve God so
well if they were to live with you: For, so constantly seeing the hand
that blesses them, they would, it may be, as must be my care to avoid, be
tempted to look no further in their gratitude, than to the dear dispenser
of such innumerable benefits.
Excellent creature! said he: My beloved wants no language, nor sentiments
neither; and her charming thoughts, so sweetly expressed, would grace any
language; and this is a blessing almost peculiar to my fairest.--Your so
kind acceptance, my Pamela, added he, repays the benefit with interest,
and leaves me under obligation to your goodness.
But now, my dearest, I will tell you what we will do, with regard to
points of your own private charity; for far be it from me, to put under
that name the subject we have been mentioning; because that, and more
than that, is duty to persons so worthy, and so nearly related to my
Pamela, and, as such, to myself.--O how the sweet man outdoes me, in
thoughts, words, power, and every thing!
And this, said he, lies in very small compass; for I will allow you two
hundred pounds a year, which Longman shall constantly pay you, at fifty
pounds a quarter, for your own use, and of which I expect no account; to
commence from the day you enter into my other house: I mean, said he,
that the first fifty pounds shall then be due; because you shall have
something to begin with.
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