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One Cannot Be Always Laughing At A Man Without Now And Then Stumbling On Something Witty.

Unjust I May Have Been, Weak And Resentful I Have Been, But Never Inconstant.

For What Do We Live, But To Make Sport For Our Neighbors And Laugh At Them In Our Turn?

I Have Made Myself Two Or Three Caps To Wear Of Evenings Since I Came Home, And They Save Me A World Of Torment As To Hair-dressing, Which At Present Gives Me No Trouble Beyond Washing And Brushing, For My Long Hair Is Always Plaited Up Out Of Sight, And My Short Hair Curls Well Enough To Want No Papering.

It Is Happy For You That You Possess The Talent Of Flattering With Delicacy. May I Ask Whether These Pleasing Attentions Proceed From The Impulse Of The Moment, Or Are They The Result Of Previous Study?