Where, said she to me,
would'st thou presume to sit? Would'st have me give place to thee too,
wench?--Come, come, said my master, I'll put that out of dispute; and so
set himself down by her ladyship, at the upper end of the table, and
placed me at his left hand. Excuse me, my dear, said he; this once
excuse me!--Oh! your cursed complaisance, said she, to such a----. Hush,
sister! hush! said he: I will not bear to hear her spoken slightly of!
'Tis enough, that, to oblige your violent and indecent caprice, you make
me compromise with you thus.
Come, sir, added he, pray take your place next your gentle aunt!--Beck,
said she, do you sit down by Pamela there, since it must be so; we'll be
hail fellow all! With all my heart, replied my master; I have so much
honour for all the sex, that I would not have the meanest person of it
stand, while I sit, had I been to have made the custom. Mrs. Worden,
pray sit down. Sir, said she, I hope I shall know my place better.
My lady sat considering; and then, lifting up her hands, said, Lord! what
will this world come to?--To nothing but what's very good, replied my
master, if such spirits as Lady Davers's do but take the rule of it.
Shall I help you, sister, to some of the carp? Help your beloved! said
she.
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