between us! O, sir, sir, said I, I fear my prayers have wanted their
wished effect! Pray, good sir, consider--He sat down on the bed-side,
and interrupted me; No need of your foolish fears; I shall say but a word
or two, and go away.

After you went up stairs, said he, I had an invitation to a ball, which
is to be this night at Stamford, on occasion of a wedding; and I am going
to call on Sir Simon, and his lady and daughters; for the bride is a
relation of theirs: so I shall not be at home till Saturday. I come,
therefore, to caution you, Mrs. Jewkes, before Pamela, (that she may not
wonder at being closer confined, than for these three or four days past,)
that nobody sees her, nor delivers any letter to her, in that space; for
a person has been seen lurking about, and inquiring after her, and I have
been well informed, that either Mrs. Jervis, or Mr. Longman, has written
a letter, with a design of having it conveyed to her: And, said he, you
must know, Pamela, that I have ordered Mr. Longman to give up his
accounts, and have dismissed Jonathan and Mrs. Jervis, since I have been
here; for their behaviour has been intolerable; and they have made such a
breach between my sister Davers and me, as we shall never, perhaps, make
up. Now, Pamela, I shall take it kindly in you, if you will confine
yourself to your chamber pretty much, for the time I am absent, and not
give Mrs. Jewkes cause of trouble or uneasiness; and the rather, as you
know she acts by my orders.

Alas! sir, said I, I fear all these good people have suffered for my
sake!--Why, said he, I believe so too; and there was never a girl of your
innocence, that set a large family in such an uproar, surely.--But let
that pass. You know both of you my mind, and, in part, the reason of it.
I shall only say, that I have had such a letter from my sister, as I
could not have expected; and, Pamela, said he, neither you nor I have