Daniel Defoe,
Roxana, The Fortunate Mistress…
“ If it be because I am so kind to you, be easy, my dear,” says Amy, “I’ll be as kind to you still as if I was your mother.” “Ay, but,” says the girl, “I am sure you are my mother too; and what have I done that you won’t own me, and that you will not be called my mother? Though I am poor, you have made me a gentlewoman,” says she, “and I won’t do anything to disgrace you. Besides,” adds she, “I can keep a secret too, especially for my own mother, sure.” Then she calls Amy her dear mother, and hung about her neck again, crying still vehemently. ”
