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gests possibly so. �The girl�s too good for him;�
I said, �twenty others would suit him equally
well.� �That�s what I think!� said he. Why
should Haney make the discovery? Returning
to 132, on my way up stairs, I looked in at
Cahill�s room and found him Watson and Jewett
at dominoes.
3. Monday. In doors all day, scribbling
story.
4. Tuesday. Out for a walk in the morning;
writing till midnight.
5. Wednesday. Finished story. Feverish
with overmuch staying in-doors, took a rush
downtown to Nassau Street and back. To
745 in the evening. The girls were going to
a ball, got up for the benefit of Serrell�s
Regiment, Mrs S. having given them tickets
� said tickets being perhaps a little unsaleable
in consequence of the hardiness of the times. Both
Mat and Eliza came down wrapped and
pinned up, with Nubias on head &c but were
complaisant enough to un-wrap and un-pin
for my gratification. They both looked pretty
enough in all their war paint and were in
as good spirits as all healthy girls with a dance
in prospect ought to be. Pratt was there as
fellow escort to Jack. Pratt is the son of a