the hour of two
-- I might have addressed a hundred fine ladies ; but never , surely , could have had reason to admire one as I do you . As , my dear father and mother , I repeat these generous sayings , only because they are the effect of my master 's goodness , being far from presuming to think I deserve one of them ; so I hope you will not attribute it to my vanity ; for I do assure you , I think I ought rather to be more humble , as I am more obliged : for it must be always a sign of a poor condition , to receive obligations one can not repay ; as it is of a rich mind , when it can confer them without expecting or needing a return . It is , on one side , the state of the human creature , compared , on the other , to the Creator ; and so , with due deference , may his beneficence be said to be Godlike , and that is the highest that can be said . The chariot brought us home at near the hour of two ; and , blessed be God , my master is pure well , and cheerful ; and that makes me hope he does not repent him of his late generous treatment of me . He handed me out of the chariot , and to the parlour , with the same goodness , that he shewed when he put me into it , before several of the servants . Mrs. Jewkes came to inquire how he did . Quite well , Mrs. Jewkes , said he ; quite well : I thank God , and this good girl , for it !