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And, I hope, Sir, added I, to my Master, your Goodness will permit me to say
this.
    You, Pamela, said he, may make what Acknowledgments you please to Mr.
Williams's good Intentions; and I would have you speak as you think; but I do
not apprehend myself to be quite so much oblig'd to those Intentions.
    Sir, said Mr. Williams, I beg leave to say, I knew well, that, by Education,
you was no Libertine; nor had I Reason to think you so by Inclination; and when
you came to reflect, I hoped you would not be displeased with me. And this was
no small Motive to me, at first, to do as I did.
    Ay, but, Mr. Williams, said my Master, could you think, that I should have
had Reason to thank you, if, above all her Sex, I loved one Person, and you had
robbed me of her, and marry'd her yourself? - And then, said he, you are to
consider, that she was of long Acquaintance with me, and a quite new one to you;
that I had sent her down to my own House, for better securing her; and that you,
who had Access to my House, could not effect your Purpose, without being guilty,
in some sort, of a Breach of the Laws of Hospitality and Friendship. As to my
Designs upon her, I own they had not the best Appearance; but still I was not
answerable to Mr. Williams on that Score; much less could you be excus'd, to
invade a Property so very dear to me, and to endeavour to gain an Interest in
her Affections, tho' you could not be certain, that Matters would not turn out
as they have actually done.
    I own, said he, that some Parts of my Conduct seem exceptionable, as you
state it. But, Sir, I am but a young Man. I meant no Harm. I had no Interest, I
am sure, to incur your Displeasure; and when you think of every thing, and the
inimitable Graces of Person, and Perfections of Mind, that adorn this excellent
Lady, (so he called me) you will, perhaps, find your Generosity allow something
as an Extenuation of a Fault, which your Anger would not permit as an Excuse.
    I have done, said my Master; nor did I meet you here to be angry with you.
Pamela knew not that she should see you; and
