Letter 115. Mary Hays to John Eccles.1 I shall expect to see you tomorrow afternoon, as we are all in the bustle of ironing today, which renders it inconvenient, and I know in general the gentlemen have a great aversion to this sort of business; besides, is not wednesday more agreeable? I shall likewise expect to see you in the morning; but don’t make me wait, lest I should be cross again; though I believe you are not much afraid of that, as you very well know how to bring me down; ’tis really very hard, and I believe almost an unprecedented thing, that I must not give myself a few airs now and then; you are a little tyrannical, that’s certain. But I dare not say any more now: pardon your little girl, she is rather saucy this morning, but be assured she loves you:
As witness my hand Maria Hays 1 Brooks, Correspondence 210; Wedd, Love Letters 187-88. Wedd's title: "Mary’s Housewifely Employment." 2 Source unknown. Most likely, these lines are by Hays. |
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