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The fortuneteller wanders by Mr. B’s Lincolnshire estate one day and offers to tell the fortune of Mrs. Jewkes, Pamela, and Nan. She predicts that Mrs. Jewkes will find a husband but that Pamela won’t and will instead die in childbirth. Pamela is horrified, but it turns out the fortuneteller was just a ruse that Mr. Longman created to warn Pamela about Mr. B’s plan to entrap her with a sham-marriage.
Fortuneteller Quotes in Pamela
The Pamela quotes below are all either spoken by Fortuneteller or refer to Fortuneteller. 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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Odd! my pretty mistress, said she, you had best take care of yourself; for you are hard beset, I’ll assure you. You will never be married, I can see; and will die of your first child. Out upon thee, woman! said I, better thou hadst never come here.
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In this quote Pamela describes a moment when a mysterious fortuneteller wanders by the Lincolnshire estate and offers to tell everyone’s future in exchange for some food. The encounter takes an even stranger turn when, after telling Mrs. Jewkes that she’ll soon meet a man, the fortuneteller tells Pamela that she will have a child while unmarried and die during childbirth. Although Pamela initially isn’t sure whether she trusts the fortuneteller, this ominous prediction causes her to rethink her feelings toward Mr. B. As it turns out, the fortuneteller isn’t a real seer—in fact, Mr. Longman sent her to deliver Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas
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Fortuneteller Character Timeline in Pamela
The timeline below shows where the character Fortuneteller appears in Pamela. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
The Journal (continued)
...Jewkes isn’t interested at first, finally she calls Nan to bring some food for the fortuneteller. The fortuneteller starts by telling Mrs. Jewkes that she’ll marry soon, which seems to please...
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Mrs. Jewkes sends the fortuneteller away before she can finish saying everything to Pamela. Pamela thinks there was something strange...
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...and begins to think more positively of Mr. B, particularly now that she knows the fortuneteller’s story was fake.
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...generous with everything he offers her, she still can’t get over her uneasiness about the fortuneteller’s letter, which she now produces for Mr. B. When he sees the handwriting, Mr. B...
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