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And, I'll warrant, my little dear has topped her part, and paraded it like any real wife; and so mimics still the condition! Why, said she, and turned me round, thou art as mincing as any bride! No wonder thou art thus tricked out, and talkest of thy pre-engagements!
How unlucky it was, replied he, I was not at home? Why did you not send to me here? Send, sir! I was kept prisoner by force. They would not let me stir, or do you think I would have been hindered from obeying you? Nay, I told them, that I had a pre-engagement; but she ridiculed me, and said, Waiting-maids talk of pre-engagements!
'So, you're in very good time, child, an hour or two hence, to answer all your important pre-engagements! which will be better than going home, and returning with you; as it will be six miles difference to me; and I know the good company will excuse my dress on this occasion.
Ay, so it is; but I know not what reason waiting-maids have to assume these airs of pre-engagements! Oh, Pamela, Pamela, I am sorry for thy thus aping thy betters, and giving thyself such airs: I see thou'rt quite spoiled! Of a modest, innocent girl, that thou wast, and humble too, thou art now fit for nothing in the world, but what I fear thou art.
We shall see if it is the young lady's doing, or whether Mrs. Martindale intends to give herself airs with her father and sister. 'Poor dear, sighed the good care-worn mother, 'I do long to hear of her; but may I not write first? I should not like to get the dear child into trouble. 'On no account write, or we shall have some excuse about pre-engagements.
After his first visit Kinch entered the house in the most stealthy manner, for fear of being encountered by Caddy; who, having met him in the hall during the morning, posted him off for twenty pounds of sugar, a ball of twine, and a stone jar, despite his declaration of pre-engagements, haste, and limited knowledge of the articles in question.
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