p014_Diary of Martha Call

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came next in order, and before eleven we were fairly in
our births. To go to sleep however, was a very different
matter, and with the exception of a few short naps,
I lay awake, sometimes watching the motion of a boat
which hung before my window, sometimes looking to see
what was to be seen in the cabin, until two oclock, when
I rose, arranged my dress in a measure, and took my
station outside the door, where I could breath the fresh
air. By and by Aunt Hadlock came out and we
went up to the saloon, where we found ample
employment in watching the country that we passed
and New York itself when we came in sight of it.
About half past six we found ourselves in a carriage,
on our way to Uncle Quimby's, and now I found that
my dear brother did not intend that I should be
penniless while here, for George gave me five and a
half dollars, the change that he had left from what
Henry gave him to pay my passage with. As we drew
near the house I began to feel somewhat alarmed at
the idea of presenting myself ^as a visitor^ to people that would'nt
know me, but I might have spared myself any uneasiness
for though she had not seen me since I was a very
little child, Aunt Mary knew me at once, and was highly
pleased to see us both - Uncle too did not seem displeased.
Caro is a fine girl, and a great help both to her father
and mother - and Edward who is just six weeks older than
I am is a very good-looking, whiskered, spectacled young man.