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ſay, but, I really aſſure you. I can live no longer without you, I am, ſo much, Madam,
From the Young Lady in Reply.
Sir,
I am no more fond of the faſhionable modes of courtſhip than yourſelf. Plain dealing, I acknowledge, is beſt; but methinks, common decency ſhould always be preſerved
Our acquaintance has been no longer than ſix months—too ſhort a time, I think, to form an opinion of one's diſpoſition; and I aſſure you, Sir, I hope, the man that is deſtined to be my huſband may know me perfectly, while he is my lover.
There is ſomething ſo peculiar and whimſical in your manner of expreſſion, that I am abſolutely at a loſs to determine whether you are ſerious, or only write for your own amuſement. I muſt, therefore, beg leave to decline all further remarks upon this ſubject, till we are better known to each other, and you explain yourſelf in more intelligible terms. I ſhall then, perhaps, be better able to form a judgement of your paſſion, and more capable of returning a proper anſwer. What influence your future addreſſes may have over me, I cannot poſſibly ſay, but to be more free and candid, your preſent attempts have made no impreſſion upon the heart of
