And so you see, Pamela, that in the whole
story on both sides, the truth is as much preserved as possible.
Poor lady! said I; how her story moves me! I am glad she is so happy at
last!--And, my dear, said he, are you not glad she is so far off too?--As
to that, sir, said I, I cannot be sorry, to be sure, as she is so happy;
which she could not have been here. For, sir, I doubt you would have
proceeded with your temptations, if she had not gone; and it shewed she
was much in earnest to be good, that she could leave her native country,
leave all her relations, leave you, whom she so well loved, leave her
dear baby, and try a new fortune, in a new world, among quite strangers,
and hazard the seas; and all to preserve herself from further guiltiness!
Indeed, indeed, sir, said I, I bleed for what her distresses must be, in
this case I am grieved for her poor mind's remorse, through her childbed
terrors, which could have so great and so worthy an effect upon her
afterwards; and I honour her resolution; and would rank such a returning
dear lady in the class of those who are most virtuous; and doubt not God
Almighty's mercy to her; and that her present happiness is the result of
his gracious providence, blessing her penitence and reformation.
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