He drew it half-way,
and I was so terrified, that I cried out, Oh, the sword! the sword! and,
not knowing what I did, I ran to my lady herself, and clasped my arms
about her, forgetting, just then, how much she was my enemy, and said,
sinking on my knees, Defend me, good your ladyship! the sword! the
sword!--Mrs. Jewkes said, Oh! my lady will fall into fits! But Lady
Davers was herself so startled at the matter being carried so far, that
she did not mind her words, and said, Jackey, don't draw your sword!--You
see, as great as her spirit is, she can't bear that.
Come, said she, be comforted; he shan't frighten you!--I'll try to
overcome my anger, and will pity you. So, wench, rise up, and don't be
foolish. Mrs. Jewkes held her salts to my nose, and I did not faint.
And my lady said, Mrs. Jewkes, if you would be forgiven, leave Pamela and
me by ourselves; and, Jackey, do you withdraw; only you, Beck, stay.
So I sat down in the window, all in a sad fluster; for, to be sure, I was
sadly frightened.--Said her woman, You should not sit in my lady's
presence, Mrs. Pamela. Yes, let her sit till she is a little recovered
of her fright, said my lady, and do you set my chair by her. And so she
sat over-against me, and said, To be sure, Pamela, you have been very
provoking with your tongue, to be sure you have, as well upon my nephew,
(who is a man of quality too,) as me.
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