I'd have you, my dear, said he, in some handsome manner, as you know how,
oblige Longman to accept of the like present.
Mr. Longman returned from his office, and brought me the fifty pounds,
saying, I have entered this new article with great pleasure: 'To my Lady
fifty pounds: to be paid the same sum quarterly.' O sir! said I, what
will become of me, to be so poor in myself, and so rich in your bounty!--
It is a shame to take all that your profuse goodness would heap upon me
thus: But indeed it shall not be without account.--Make no words, my
dear, said he: Are you not my wife? And have I not endowed you with my
goods; and, hitherto, this is a very small part.
Mr. Longman, said I, and Mrs. Jervis, you both see how I am even
oppressed with unreturnable obligations. God bless the donor, and the
receiver too! said Mr. Longman: I am sure they will bring back good
interest; for, madam, you had ever a bountiful heart; and I have seen the
pleasure you used to take to dispense my late lady's alms and donations.
I'll warrant, Mr. Longman, said I, notwithstanding you are so willing to
have me take large sums for nothing at all, I should affront you, if I
asked you to accept from me a pair of gloves only, on account of my happy
nuptials.
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