The Watsons (1): Diplomatic DisplayNew YorkMorgan Library & Museum, MS. MA 1034
very little apology cd .could be requisite to theEdwardes, who must be more glad of
                            yourcompany than of mine, & I shd .shouldshall mostreadily return to my Father; & should notbeat all afraid to drive this quiet old Creature.1home.Your Cloathes I would undertake to findmeans of sending to you. " —"My dearest Emmacried Eliz:Elizabeth warmly  — do you think I woulddo such a
                            thing?  – Not for the Universe –but I shall never forget your goodnaturein
                            proposing it. What a sweet temperyYou2must have !a3sweet temper indeed! —I never met with any thinglike itso kind! – And wd .would you really give up theBall, that I
                            might be able to go to it!  –Be::leive me
                            Emma, I shall never forget thekindneſs of the proposal.  — But I am not soselfish as that comes to.to accept it. No, tho'though I am nineyears older than you are, I would not bethe
                            means of keeping you from beingseen.  – You are very
                            pretty, & it would bevery hard that you should not have as
                            faira chance as we have all had, to makeyour fortune.  – No Emma, whoever staysat home this winter, it
                                sha'nt be you.
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