 is it possible you should,« answered she, »for you was a little Thing when
I had you in my Lap at the Squire's.« - »How, the Squire's,« says Jones, »what
do you know that great and good Mr. Allworthy then?« »Yes, marry do I,« says
she; »Who in the Country doth not?« - »The Fame of his Goodness indeed,«
answered Jones, »must have extended farther than this; but Heaven only can know
him, can know that Benevolence which it copied from itself, and sent upon Earth
as its own Pattern. Mankind are as ignorant of such divine Goodness, as they are
unworthy of it; but none so unworthy of it as myself. I who was raised by him to
such a Height; taken in, as you must well know, a poor base-born Child, adopted
by him, and treated as his own Son to dare by my Follies to disoblige him, to
draw his Vengeance upon me. Yes, I deserve it all: For I will never be so
ungrateful as ever to think he hath done an Act of Injustice by me. No, I
deserve to be turned out of Doors, as I am. And now, Madam,« says he, »I believe
you will not blame me for turning Soldier, especially with such a Fortune as
this in my Pocket.« At which Words he shook a Purse which had but very little in
it, and which still appeared to the Landlady to have less.
    My good Landlady was, (according to vulgar Phrase) struck all of a Heap by
this Relation. She answered coldly, »That to be sure People were the best Judges
what was most proper for their Circumstances. - But hark,« says she, »I think I
hear some body call. Coming! coming! the Devil's in all our Volk, nobody hath
any Ears. I must go down Stairs, if you want any more Breakfast, the Maid will
come up. Coming!« At which Words, without taking any Leave, she flung out of the
Room: For the lower Sort of People are very tenacious of Respect; and tho' they
are contented to give this gratis to Persons of Quality, yet they never confer
it on those of their own Order, without taking Care to be well paid for their
Pains.
 

                                  Chapter III

               In which the Surgeon makes his second Appearance.
 
Before we proceed any farther, that the Reader may not be mistaken in imagining
the Landlady knew
