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"I! How could it possibly be that? It is only associated with "

"I shall not contradict you--though I could do so easily I will say, then, that it was very picturesque He asked me to dance a minuet with him, and when I did not refuse he was beside hiratitude And after I had opened the way, several of the best ladies in the town followed After all, it was a ainst our American ideas to send any man to Jersey for his politics Mr Jefferson was in red also"

"I wish to dance with Mr Jefferson, but I now think of waiting till he gets a new suit"

"I aure in a dance than I, in my white satin and pearls, and the Marquis Athanase de Tounnerre in his scarlet dress and Liberty cap Every one regarded us He tells me, to- day, that the emotion I raised in his soul that hour has not been stilled for a ht of your father? He would never consent to such a e--and ill Rem say?"

"My father will storm, and speak words he should not speak; but I am not afraid of words Reer away Yes, I should be afraid of Rem"

"But you have not really decided to accept the Marquis Tounnerre?"

"No I have not quite decided I like to stand between Yes and No I like to be entreated to ain, to be entreated NOT to marry I like to hesitate between the French and the Dutch I ae myself"

"Then do not decide in a hurry"

"Have I not told you I like to waver, and vacillate, and oscillate, and s a woe and inclination I think myself to be very clever in such ways"

"I would not care, nor dare, to venture--"

"You are a very baby yet I a with soone out of town"

"And I a hi you to take walks with him on the Battery Oh, Cornelia! you see I am not to be put out of your confidence Why did you not tell me?"