e bed which I dropt down upon from the
leads: And so speeded away all of them; that is to say, Mrs. Jewkes,
Colbrand, and Nan, towards the back-door, to see if that was fast; while
the cook was sent to the out-offices to raise the men, and make them get
horses ready, to take each a several way to pursue me.

But, it seems, finding that door double-locked and padlocked, and the
heel of my shoe, and the broken bricks, they verily concluded I was got
away by some means over the wall; and then, they say, Mrs. Jewkes
seemed like a distracted woman: Till, at last, Nan had the thought to go
towards the pond: and there seeing my coat, and cap, and handkerchief,
in the water, cast almost to the banks by the agitation of the waves,
she thought it was me; and, screaming out, ran to Mrs. Jewkes, and said,
O, madam, madam! here's a piteous thing!--Mrs. Pamela lies drowned in
the pond. Thither they all ran; and finding my clothes, doubted not
I was at the bottom; and they all, Swiss among the rest, beat their
breasts, and made most dismal lamentations; and Mrs. Jewkes sent Nan to
the men, to bid them get the drag-net ready, and leave the horses, and
come to try to find the poor innocent! as she, it seems, then called
me, beating her breast, and lamenting my hard hap; but most what would
become of them, and what account they should give to my master.

While every one was thus differently employed, some weeping and wailing,
some running here and there, Nan came into the wood-house; and there
lay poor I; so weak, so low, and dejected, and withal so stiff with my
bruises, that I could not stir, nor help myself to get upon my feet.
And I said, with a low voice, (for I could hardly speak,) Mrs. Ann! Mrs.
Ann!--The creature was sadly frightened, but was taking up a billet to
knock me on the head, believing I was some thief, as she said; but
I cried out, O Mrs. Ann, Mrs. Ann, help me, for pity's sake, to
Mrs. Jewkes! for I cannot get up!--Bless me, said she, what! you,
madam!--Why, our hearts are almost broken, and we were going to drag the
pond for you, believing you had drowned yourself. Now, said she, you'll
make us all alive again!

And, without helping me, she ran away to the pond, and brought all the
crew to the wood-house.--The wicked woman, as she entered, said, Where
is she?--Plague of her spells, and her witchcrafts! She shall dearly
repent of this trick, if my name be Jewkes; and, coming to me, took hold
of my arm so roughly, an