I was quite sick at heart, at all this passionate extravagance, and to be
hindered from being where was the desire of my soul, and afraid too of
incurring my dear master's displeasure; and, as I sat, I saw it was no
hard matter to get out of the window into the front yard, the parlour
being even with the yard, and so have a fair run for it; and after I had
seen my lady at the other end of the room again, in her walks, having not
pulled down the sash, when I spoke to Mrs. Jewkes, I got upon the seat,
and whipped out in a minute, and ran away as hard as I could drive, my
lady calling after me to return, and her woman at the other window: But
two of her servants appearing at her crying out, and she bidding them to
stop me, I said, Touch me at your peril, fellows! But their lady's
commands would have prevailed on them, had not Mr. Colbrand, who, it
seems, had been kindly ordered, by Mrs. Jewkes, to be within call, when
she saw how I was treated, come up, and put on one of his deadly fierce
looks, the only time, I thought, it ever became him, and said, He would
chine the man, that was his word, who offered to touch his lady; and so
he ran alongside of me; and I heard my lady say, The creature flies like
a bird! And, indeed, Mr. Colbrand, with his huge strides, could hardly
keep pace with me; and I never stopped, till I got to the chariot; and
Robert had got down, seeing me running at a distance, and held the door
in his hand, with the step ready down; and in I jumped, without touching
the step, saying, Drive me, drive me, as fast as you can, out of my
lady's reach! And he mounted; and Colbrand said, Don't be frightened,
madam; nobody shall hurt you.
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