How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
For you must know, that she suffer'd so much in Childbed, that nobody expected her Life; and this, when she was up, made such an Impression upon her, that she dreaded nothing so much as the Thoughts of returning to her former Fault . . . (100.28)
When Pamela finally finds out what happened to Mr. B's former mistress Sally Godfrey, she finds out that Sally almost died in childbirth. (You can practically hear Pamela thinking that it would have served her right.) Still, the takeaway here appears to be that the whole experience scared her straight—she's not about to put herself through that again.