[May 8, 1776, cont.] for Several Times I observed
that
She Seemed to Compliment me with
more respect than is usual or than I deserved, but as
I was bashfull I no more than return=
-ed the Compliment, & passed by
till
at length I made bold to enter the
House with the Gentleman that was with me
but as he was in a great Hurry I
could not tarry long but was obliged
to depart bitterly against my will,
however I gave her Intimations
that I Should again call in & as
I could not discover but that it
would be agreable, I took this
Oppertunity to spend an Afternoon
with her, I found playing upon
her Spinet upon which She per=
formed to admiration, her Mus=
-ick joined to an Agreeable Person,
gave me very favourable Ideas of
my new Acquaintance; I Spent
the After Noon with her in her own
Apartment Reading & Chating &c till about
5 o clock when
Her Mother came and asked us to
Tea; The Father was Absent but her
Mother was an agreeable Wooman
plainly dressed-- They wer Germans