And now will I
give thee one hundred guineas for one bold word, that I may fell thee at
my foot!
Was not this very dreadful! To be sure, I had better have kept the
letter from her. I was quite frightened!--And this fearful menace, and
her fiery eyes, and rageful countenance, made me lose all my courage.--So
I said, weeping, Good your ladyship, pity me!--Indeed I am honest; indeed
I am virtuous; indeed I would not do a bad thing for the world!
Though I know, said she, the whole trick of thy pretended marriage, and
thy foolish ring here, and all the rest of the wicked nonsense, yet I
should not have patience with thee, if thou shouldst but offer to let me
know thy vanity prompts thee to believe thou art married to my brother!--
I could not bear the thought!--So take care, Pamela; take care, beggarly
brat; take care.
Good madam, said I, spare my dear parents. They are honest and
industrious: they were once in a very creditable way, and never were
beggars. Misfortunes may attend any body: And I can bear the cruellest
imputations on myself, because I know my innocence; but upon such honest,
industrious parents, who went through the greatest trials, without being
beholden to any thing but God's blessing, and their own hard labour; I
cannot bear reflection.
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