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Nan is a maid and one of Pamela’s only friends during her early days of imprisonment at Mr. B’s Lincolnshire estate. At one point, Mr. B forces Nan to sleep in bed with Pamela and Mrs. Jewkes to make sure Pamela won’t escape. Nan has a tendency to drink too much, and Mrs. Jewkes and Mr. B exploit this, tricking Nan into drinking herself into a stupor so that Mr. B can impersonate her and surprise Pamela in bed one night.
Nan Quotes in Pamela
The Pamela quotes below are all either spoken by Nan or refer to Nan. 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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Your poor Pamela cannot answer for the Liberties taken with her in her deplorable State of Death.
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IF, my dear Parents, I am not destin’d more surely than ever for Ruin, I have now more Comfort before me, than ever I yet knew. And am either nearer my Happiness or my Misery than ever I was.
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Nan Character Timeline in Pamela
The timeline below shows where the character Nan appears in Pamela. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
The Journal
...away her shoes. At night, she now must sleep between Mrs. Jewkes and the maid Nan. Soon, however, Mrs. Jewkes comes back and tells Pamela to put on her shoes and...
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...out so Pamela would see it, and she also leaves out some brandy so that Nan, who normally sleeps in bed with Mrs. Jewkes and Pamela, will see it and get...
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...sad. Pamela describes her previous experiences with Mr. B. Pamela asks if they should wake Nan up to help her into bed too, but Mrs. Jewkes says to leave her. After...
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When Pamela wakes up the second time, Mr. B has his arms around her, and Nan has a smelling-bottle under Pamela’s nose to revive her. Mr. B takes Pamela’s hand and...
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...he overheard Pamela talking to Mrs. Jewkes (on the night when he pretended to be Nan), he was moved by her complaints about him. Nevertheless, he maintains that he’s done nothing...
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...offers to tell their future. While Mrs. 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...
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...for the wedding, Mrs. Jewkes keeps her smelling-bottle on hand in case Pamela faints again. Nan will guard the door of the chapel to make sure nobody intrudes. Finally, it’s time...
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...Mr. B and Pamela’s wedding (not knowing it already happened). But when Mrs. Jewkes and Nan come over to Pamela and address her as “Your Ladyship,” everyone realizes the marriage has...
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