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Sally Godfrey is the mother of Mr. B’s first child, Miss Goodwin, although the two of them never married. As Mr. B tells it, Sally’s family tried to trick Mr. B into marrying her with violence, and Mr. B left Sally when he found out she was in on the scheme. Sally eventually moved to Jamaica, leaving the care of Miss Goodwin to Lady Davers and eventually to a boarding school. Just the mention of Sally’s name now upsets Mr. B. Sally demonstrates the trickery that marriage could involve, and her backstory provides more context for Mr. B’s character and his libertine past.
Sally Godfrey Quotes in Pamela
The Pamela quotes below are all either spoken by Sally Godfrey or refer to Sally Godfrey. 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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’Tis even so, my Dear, replied he; and you remember my Sister’s good-natur’d Hint of Miss Sally Godfrey? I do well, sir, answered I. But this is Miss Goodwin. Her Mother chose that name for her, said he, because she should not be called by her own.
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Sally Godfrey Character Timeline in Pamela
The timeline below shows where the character Sally Godfrey appears in Pamela. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
The Journal (continued)
...duel Mr. B got involved with in Italy, then she brings up a woman named Sally Godfrey , all to try to upset Mr. B. Mr. B admits to Pamela that the...
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Lady Davers feels that Mr. B seems repentant about Sally Godfrey , so she decides she’s gone too far. Mr. B storms out, so Lady Davers...
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...B remains unable to forgive either of them, still too angry about the mention of Sally Godfrey . But when Lady Davers kisses Pamela in preparation to leave, Mr. B is moved....
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...Mr. B wants and ends up with 48 rules. He doesn’t say any more about Sally Godfrey , and Pamela wishes the subject had never come up in the first place.
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...again, and Pamela leaves. As she goes, Pamela regrets not bringing up the subject of Sally Godfrey . Lady Davers plans to leave the next morning, and Pamela and Mr. B are...
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...even closer relative. Finally, he reveals that Miss Goodwin is a daughter he had with Sally Godfrey .
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...says he needs to think about it first. He begins telling Pamela the story of Sally Godfrey , which Lady Davers knew all along but which Lady B never knew. As Mr....
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Pamela wonders what happened to Sally Godfrey . Mr. B says she went to Jamaica and got married, passing herself off as...
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