, or what to say on this Occasion, when a Coach and six drove
into the Court, and a Servant acquainted her with the Arrival of her Nephew
Booby and his Lady. She ordered them to be conducted into a Drawing-Room,
whither she presently repaired, having composed her Countenance as well as she
could; and being a little satisfied that the Wedding would by these means be at
least interrupted; and that she should have an Opportunity to execute any
Resolution she might take, for which she saw herself provided with an excellent
Instrument in Scout.
    The Lady Booby apprehended her Servant had made a Mistake, when he mentioned
Mr. Booby's Lady; for she had never heard of his Marriage: but how great was her
Surprize, when at her entering the Room, her Nephew presented his Wife to her,
saying, »Madam, this is that charming Pamela, of whom I am convinced you have
heard so much.« The Lady received her with more Civility than he expected;
indeed with the utmost: For she was perfectly polite, nor had any Vice
inconsistent with Good-breeding. They past some little time in ordinary
Discourse, when a Servant came and whispered Mr. Booby, who presently told the
Ladies he must desert them a little on some Business of Consequence; and as
their Discourse during his Absence would afford little Improvement or
Entertainment to the Reader, we will leave them for a while to attend Mr. Booby.
 

                                   Chapter V

   Concerning Justice Business; Curious Precedents of Depositions, and other
 Matters necessary to be perused by all Justices of the Peace and their Clerks.
 
The young Squire and his Lady were no sooner alighted from their Coach, than the
Servants began to enquire after Mr. Joseph, from whom they said their Lady had
not heard a Word to her great Surprize, since he had left Lady Booby's. Upon
this they were instantly informed of what had lately happened, with which they
hastily acquainted their Master, who took an immediate Resolution to go himself,
and endeavour to restore his Pamela her Brother, before she even knew she had
lost him.
    The Justice, before whom the Criminals were carried, and who lived within a
short Mile of the Lady's House, was luckily Mr. Booby's Acquaintance, by his
having an Estate in his Neighbourhood. Ordering therefore his Horses to his
Coach, he set out for the Judgment-Seat, and arriv'd when the Justice had almost
finished his Business. He was conducted into a Hall, where he was acquainted
that his Worship would wait on him in a moment; for
