I am sure I sh^d .should never have forgiven theperson who kept me from a Ball at 19."Emma expreſsed her gratitude, & for a few min::utes they jogged on in silence. — Elizabethfirst spoke. — "You will take notice whoMary Edwards dances with." — "I will remem::ber ^{her partners}their names if I can – but do you ^know wish me ^{they will be all strangers} particularly to observe them to me." "Onlyobserve whether she dances with Capt.Captain^Hunter, Carrmore than once; I ^{have my fears} am rather afraidⁱⁿ o^f thatquarter. Not that her Father or Mother likeofficers, but if she does you know, ^{it is all} all the^{over with} wor^se for poor Sam. –And I have promisedto write him word who she dances with."

"Is Sam attached to Miſs Edwardes?" ––– "Did^^not you know that? —" "How should I knowit? – How should I know in ^Shropshire Devo^nshire, whatis paſsing ^^{of that nature in Surry?} in Suſsex? — It is not likely thatcircumstances of ^{such delicacy} so delicate a nature shouldmake any part of the scanty ^{communication} Correspondencewhich paſsed between^^{you & me for the last 14} us for a^ dozen years;"

"I wonder I never mentioned it when Iwrote. Since you have been at home, Ihave been so busy with my poor Father& our great wash