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"And you said Priscilla by mistake," interposed Oglethorpe, with a sudden accession of gravity. "Priscilla is a little like Pamela."
The suggestion by Sidney Lanier that the sub-title should be: "or Vice Rewarded," "since the rascal Mr. B. it is who gets the prize rather than Pamela," has its pertinency from our later and more enlightened view. But such was the eighteenth century.
"He might almost have been called garrulous," Pamela agreed. Ferrani took grave leave of them, and Holderness seated himself at the table. "Well, let's get on with luncheon, anyway," he advised. "It's no good bothering. The best thing we can do is to conclude that the impossible has happened that Sandy has met with some pals and will be here presently."
Your so kind acceptance, my Pamela, added he, repays the benefit with interest, and leaves me under obligation to your goodness.
Fate was kind to Miss Liston, and provided her with most suitable patterns for her next piece of work at Poltons itself. There were a young man and a young woman staying in the house Sir Gilbert Chillington and Miss Pamela Myles. The moment Miss Liston was apprized of a possible romance, she began the study of the protagonists.
Their joining forces here is, as my American friend Pamela would say, 'the limit." "Don't worry. The Palace of the Popes won't see him to-day," said the chauffeur. "He's gone. Got a telegram. Didn't even wait for letters, but told the manager to forward anything that came for him, Poste Restante, Genoa." "Oh, then you " "Acted for you on my own responsibility.
One old lady, who by the way was fond of reading, and had studied the ancient tale of Pamela regularly, at her leisure, for the last forty years, was the strongest against these, and, on being told that her favourite tome was no less than a novel, she consigned it to oblivion, and seemed, for a time, to have lost all faith in sublunary things.
They had not seen Grandmamma since the morning, for she had gone out in the pony-carriage with Grandpapa to pay some visits, which in those days were really "morning calls"! and she had left word that after their dinner Duke and Pamela might play in the garden till she and Grandpapa came home.
I sit rebuked before her." "Oh, my dear," said Mrs. Jowett, "no one could possibly be more helpful than you and your sisters. It's I who am the drone.... Now I must go." The Miss Watsons outstayed the other guests, and Pamela, remembering Jean's advice, produced a few stray photographs of relations which were regarded with much interest and some awe.
Elizabeth's salary was indispensable. Was she to allow fine feelings about Pamela to drive her out of her post and her earnings to the jeopardy not only of her mother's comfort, but of the good the national work open to her at Mannering? But there was a much more agitating question behind. She had only trifled with it till now. But on the night of her return it pressed.
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