:macy which followed it & the particular affec::tionate Attention you paid me almost fromthe first, caused me to entertain the flatteringIdea of those attentions being improved on acloser acquaintance into a Freindship whichif you were what my wishes formed youwould be the greatest Happineſs I could becapable of enjoying. To find that such Hopesare realized is a satisfaction indeed, a satisfac::tion which is now almost the only one Ican ever experience. — I feel myself so languidthat I am sure were you with me you would oblige me to leave off writing, & I can not give youa greater proof of my Affection for you than by acting, as I know you would wish me to do, whether Absent or Present. I am my dear Emmas sincerefreind E. L.