But little
practised in the world or its disappoinments {sic},
the visionary girl had already figured to herself a
person to suit these qualities, and the animal was
no less pleasing, than the moral being of her fancy.
What principally delighted Julia in these
contemplations on the acquaintance of Anna, was
the strong inclination he had expressed to know
herself. This flattered her tendency to believe in
the strength of mutual sympathy, and the efficacy
of innate evidence of merit. In the midst of this
pleasing employment of her fancy, she received a
second letter from her friend, in answer to the one
we have already given to our readers; it was
couched in the following words:
"My own dear Julia, my Friend,
"I received your letter with the pleasure I shall
always hear from you, and am truly obliged to you
for your kind offer to make interest with year aunt
to have me spend the next winter in town. To be
with you, is the greatest pleasure I have on earth;
besides, as I know I can write to you as freely as I
think, one can readily tell what a tiresome place
this must be to pass a winter in. There are,
absolutely, but three young men in the whole
county who can be thought in any manner as proper
matches for us; and one has no chance here of
forming such an association as to give a girl an
opportunity of meeting with her congenial spirit, so
that I hope and trust your desire to see me will
continue as strong as mine will ever be to see my
Julia.
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