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The next morning she sent me a chicken roasted and hot , and a pint bottle of sherry , and ordered the maid to tell me that she was to wait on me every day as long as I stayed there . This was surprisingly good and kind , and I accepted it very willingly . At night she sent to me again , to know if I wanted anything , and how I did , and to order the maid to come to her in the morning with my dinner . The maid had orders to make me some chocolate in the morning before she came away , and did so , and at noon she brought me the sweetbread of a breast of veal , whole , and a dish of soup for my dinner ; and after this manner she nursed me up at a distance , so that I was mightily well pleased , and quickly well , for indeed my dejections before were the principal part of my illness . I expected , as is usually the case among such people , that the servant she sent me would have been some imprudent brazen wench of Drury Lane breeding , and I was very uneasy at having her with me upon that account ; so I would not let her lie in that house the first night by any means , but had my eyes about me as narrowly as if she had been a public thief . My gentlewoman guessed presently what was the matter , and sent her back with a short note , that I might depend upon the honesty of her maid ; that she would be answerable for her upon all accounts ; and that she took no servants into her house without very good security for their fidelity . I was then perfectly easy ; and indeed the maid 's behaviour spoke for itself , for a modester , quieter , soberer girl never came into anybody 's family , and I found her so afterwards .