'Twas our loss, madam, says
Miss Darnford. I'll allow it, said I, in degree; for you have all been
deprived, several hours, of an humble admirer.
Mr. Perry said, I never before saw so young a lady shine forth with such
graces of mind and person. Alas! sir, said I, my master coming up, mine
is but a borrowed shine, like that of the moon. Here is the sun, to
whose fervent glow of generosity I owe all the faint lustre, that your
goodness is pleased to look upon with so much kind distinction.
Mr. Perry was pleased to hold up his hands; and the ladies looked upon
one another. And my master said, hearing part of the last sentence,
What's the pretty subject, that my Pamela is displaying so sweetly her
talents upon?
Oh! sir, said Mr. Perry, I will pronounce you the happiest man in
England: and so said they all.
My master said, most generously, Thank ye, thank ye, thank ye, all round,
my dear friends. I know not your subject; but if you believe me so, for
a single instance of this dear girl's goodness, what must I think myself,
when blessed with a thousand instances, and experiencing it in every
single act and word! I do assure you my Pamela's person, all lovely as
you see it, is far short of her mind: That, indeed, first attracted my
admiration, and made me her lover: but they were the beauties of her
mind, that made me her husband; and proud, my sweet dear, said he,
pressing my hand, am I of that title.
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