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In Chapter I, the narrator forecast that he would raise the novel to its highest pitch by the end of Book XVII. He reminds us of his own artifice and authority by suggesting that, if he were a tragic writer, he could end the novel after Book XVI with Tom's death by hanging and Sophia's marriage to either Blifil or Lord Fellamar. From Chapter II of Book XVII onward, however, the narrator begins to fulfill his promise of bringing resolution to what had previously seemed an irresolvable situation. This is the beginning of Fielding's version of "Virtue Rewarded" the alternate name for Samuel Richardson's novel, Pamela, which defines virtue as chastity. Tom's generosity to his friends in the past now means that they return his loyalty and friendship—Partridge visits Tom constantly in jail, Nightingale discovers the eyewitnesses to the duel, and Mrs. Miller undertakes to effect a reunion between Tom and Sophia. Characters are distinguished at this point by their loyalty or their lack of loyalty—while Tom's friends support him, Mrs. Honour betrays Sophia.