"'You remember how you told me, before I left home, that I was so
well looking that if I went so far back in the country I should be
very much admired and flattered, and have as many lovers as I could
wish for. I find it all true. The people here are remarkably kind
and attentive to me; they seem to think that I must be something
more than common because I have always lived so near Portland.
"'But I must tell you that since I have been here I have had a beau.
You must know that the young men, _in particular_, are very
attentive to me. Well, among these is _one_ who is considered the
finest young man in the place, and well he may be--he owns a good
farm, which has a large barn upon it, and a neat two story house,
all finished. These are the fruits of his own industry; besides he
is remarkably good looking, is very large but well-proportioned, and
has a good share of what I call real manly beauty. Soon after my
arrival here I was introduced to this man--no, not _introduced_
neither, for they never think of such a thing here. They all know me
of course, because I am a _stranger_. Some days, three, four, or
half a dozen, call to see me, whom I never before saw or heard of;
they come and speak to me as if I were an old acquaintance, and I
converse with them as freely as if I had always known them from
childhood.
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