1) In letter XV of Richardson’s Pamela, Pamela recounts to her mother what happened to her as she was concluding her previous letter.
2) While she is writing to her mum, her master, Mr. B., surprises Pamela, causing her to conceal the letter in her bosom.
3) He accuses her of behaving foolishly for she informed both her parents and Mrs Jervish of his behaviour.
One day in the summer house of his estate, he had put his arm around her without warning and had kissed her. When she protested strongly, he became very angry and offered her gold to keep the incident a secret. She refused the money and later wrote to her parents about the incident and told his housekeeper, Mrs Jervis, about it.