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Work of Willson astonished Me I tried to speak of 

 them With Care and as seldom as Possible; Knowing 

 the good Wish of that Man [and] and the Hurry he 

 was in and the Vast Many hear say he depended on — 



We perceived however during all this While that a 

 remarkable Coolness had taken place from the Ladies 

 toward us, seldom seing any of them except at table 

 and then With Looks far from Chearing My Spirits 

 that Were during the Whole of My Stay there un- 

 fortunatly very Low — M" Smith took an utter dis- 

 like to Me and one day While I was engaged in finish 

 a Portrait of M"^^ P. begun by her Daughter Eliza, 

 M" S addresed the Work and Me in the grossest 

 Words of Insult, and afterwards Never Looked Di- 

 rectly at Me — 



She Busted at another time in a ridiculous Laugh 

 at table. When her good Husband Interfered and 

 told her She ought to Make Me some Amends for her 

 Conduct — I Left the table unwilling to hear any 

 More of this — Saturday Came and a Settlement of 

 Money Matter Was Necessary I charged for lo days 

 of Miss E. Ill time My Bill Was 204S and M" P. in a 

 perfect Rage fit told me that I Cheated her out of 

 20$ — My Coolness sufered all her Vociferations to 

 flow, I simply told her our former mutual Engage- 

 ments on that score — I figured the Bill and sent it to 

 M"" P Who Was then Labouring under one of his un- 

 fortunate fits of antoxication — 



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