Now, my dear, said he, be so kind as to find some fault with me, and tell
me what you would wish me to do, to appear more agreeable to you. O sir,
said I, and I could have kissed him, but for shame, (To be sure I shall
grow a sad fond hussy,) I have not one single thing to wish for; no, not
one!--He saluted me very kindly, and said, He should be sorry if I had,
and forbore to speak it. Do you think, my dear sir, said I, that your
Pamela has no conscience? Do you think, that because you so kindly
oblige her, and delight in obliging her, that she must rack her invention
for trials of your goodness, and knows not when she's happy?--O my
dearest sir, added I, less than one half of the favours you have so
generously conferred upon me, would have exceeded my utmost wishes!
My dear angel, said he, and kissed me again, I shall be troublesome to
you with my kisses, if you continue thus sweetly obliging in your actions
and expressions. O sir, said I, I have been thinking, as I was dressing
myself, what excellent lessons you teach me!
When you commanded me, at your table to cheer the doubting mind and
comfort the uneasy heart, and to behave most kindly to those who have
least reason to expect it, and are most inferior; how sweetly, in every
instance that could possibly occur, have you done this yourself by your
poor, unworthy Pamela, till you have diffused, in your own dear words,
ease, pleasure, and tranquillity, around my glad heart!
Then again, sir, when you bid me not be disturbed by little accidents, or
by strangers coming in upon me unexpectedly, how noble an instance did
you give me of this, when, on our happy wedding-day, the coming of Sir
Charles Hargrave, and the other two gentlemen, (for which you were quite
unprovided, and which hindered our happiness of dining together on that
chosen day,) did not so disturb you, but that you entertained the
gentlemen pleasantly, and parted with them civilly and kindly! What
charming instances are these, I have been recollecting with pleasure, of
your pursuing the doctrine you deliver.
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