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Mr. Williams is a preacher who lives near the Lincolnshire estate of Mr. B. Mr. Williams is in line to inherit a position from another elderly gentleman in the area, but to do so, he needs to keep Mr. B happy. This proves difficult when Mr. B involves Mr. Williams in his scheme to imprison Pamela. At first, Mr. B tells Pamela that Mr. B wants to marry her, but this was only an excuse to control her, and Mr. B gets angry when he suspects that Pamela might actually want to marry Mr. Williams. Mr. Williams feels sympathy for Pamela and wants to do whatever he can to help her without upsetting Mr. B, and so Mr. Williams and Pamela work out a system of exchanging secret messages with each other. When Mr. B finds out, he stages a robbery against Mr. Williams and then throws him in jail. After Pamela reforms Mr. B, however, he lets Mr. Williams go free, and he also lets him inherit the position he was originally going to get after all. Mr. Williams’s story mirrors Pamela’s, demonstrating how doing the right thing, even when it’s difficult, will ultimately lead to rewards.
Mr. Williams Quotes in Pamela
The Pamela quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Williams or refer to Mr. Williams. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Mr. Williams came to see us, and took a Walk with us once; and while her back was just turn’d, (encourag’d by the hint he had before given me,) I said, Sir, I see two Tiles upon that Parsley-bed; might not one cover them with Mould, with a Note between them, on Occasion?—A good Hint, said he; let that Sunflower by the Back-door of the Garden be the place; I have a Key to that; for it is my nearest way to the Town.
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Your poor Pamela cannot answer for the Liberties taken with her in her deplorable State of Death.
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Mr. Williams Quotes in Pamela
The Pamela quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Williams or refer to Mr. Williams. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
The Journal
Quotes
Mr. Williams came to see us, and took a Walk with us once; and while her back was just turn’d, (encourag’d by the hint he had before given me,) I said, Sir, I see two Tiles upon that Parsley-bed; might not one cover them with Mould, with a Note between them, on Occasion?—A good Hint, said he; let that Sunflower by the Back-door of the Garden be the place; I have a Key to that; for it is my nearest way to the Town.
Related Characters:
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Explanation and Analysis:
Your poor Pamela cannot answer for the Liberties taken with her in her deplorable State of Death.
