Sure, sir, said I, your generous mind must have been long affected with
this melancholy case, and all its circumstances.
It hung upon me, indeed, some time, said he; but I was full of spirit and
inconsideration. I went soon after to travel; a hundred new objects
danced before my eyes, and kept reflection from me. And, you see, I had
five or six years afterwards, and even before that, so thoroughly lost
all the impressions you talk of, that I doubted not to make my Pamela
change her name, without either act of parliament, or wedlock, and be
Sally Godfrey the second.
O you dear naughty man! said I, this seems but too true! but I bless God
that it is not so!--I bless God for your reformation, and that for your
own dear sake, as well as mine!
Well, my dear, said he, and I bless God for it too!--I do most
sincerely!--And 'tis my greater pleasure, because I have, as I hoped,
seen my error so early; and that with such a stock of youth and health on
my side, in all appearance, I can truly abhor my past liberties, and pity
poor Sally Godfrey, from the same motives that I admire my Pamela's
virtues; and resolve to make myself as worthy of them as possible: And I
will hope, my dear, your prayers for my pardon, and my perseverance, will
be of no small efficacy on this occasion.
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