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heat of the weather, aunt Hadlock being ill &,
but we feared he might not consider us altogether
consistent, if he should know how much gratified
we were, when a couple of hours afterwards Edward
invited us to go and have a sail with him, and how
eagerly we accepted the invitation without making a
single objection - However, we did not intend to deceive
him - at the time he asked us we had not the
slightest idea of going out, and thought our reasons
for staying at home very sufficient, and fortunately,
he is a very amiable young man, and took no
offence at our conduct, but on the contrary said he
was glad we did not go with him, as the sail was
so much pleasanter for us. Lizzie Griffith, and Cara
Norton were here to dinner, and to spend part of
the afternoon, and we had a very pleasant, sociable
time. About quarter past four we set out to sail -
Cara and I were the only ladies - Edward, William
Stuart, Jake Halsey, and George Thorpe were the
gentlemen. The boat was The Fasion, a very neat
pretty little boat just large enough for our party,
which two of the men rowed while one steered, and
we went on bravely. The scenery on both sides of the
river is beautiful, the air was cool and pleasant, and
we were all in a good state of mind. We sailed to
Astoria, where Edward wished to see a man on business,
the returned to some other place about three miles from