This 1. Day of Decem: on which I am examining a little into my Accompts is the 11:Day since the Time of Payment allow'd to that young Lady is fully expired--"Curse not the King, said Solomon, in thy Bed-Chamber, not even in thy Heart"--Why? "The Birds of the Air will tell it."--Very fine, this! Bring Scrippture among your Pounds, Shillings, & Pence--Very fine, young black Coat--Don't be too fast, Madam, I've got a Gown on, & my Hair is cu'd--On the 4: of July 1774. about three in the Afternoon, I was sitting alone in my Chamber, in Virginia, thinking--Among many other Conclusions I remember well, it was determined in my mind that this same Laura who is now so much in my Debt, is actually worth 50,000£ Sterling, pr Annum--Where is the Impropriety then, of my mentioning Solomon's Advice?--Does it now hurt your Conscience, Madam?-- If you can have Patience, I will tell you, from my Virginia Journal the true Cause of that Conclusion. --Monday. July 4th: 1774. "Miss Nancy Carter, at Dinner, informed us that Miss Lee, a young Lady from Richmond is now at Mr Turberville's, & she begg'd that her Brother, & I would go in the Evening & invite her here--We consented, & after School took Horses & rode on our Errand; Besides Miss Lee, we found Capt: Turberville, his Lady, Daughter, & several young Gentlemen. After the Ceremony of Introduction, & our Devoirs were over, we took Seats, in a Cool Hall where the Company were sitting;--All when we entered were smiling at young Mr ---- who had been gathering Mulberries, & stained his Ruffle--The Attention of the Company being wholly taken up with him, I had the Oppertunity which I wanted, of examining the Person of his Sister, without being interrupted either by the Notice of others, or by my own Timidity. Miss Lee, I am told, is now entering her 20th Year; She is handsome. Her Eyes are exactly such as _Homer_, attributes to the Goddess _Minrva_; and her Arms resemble those which the same Poet allows to _Juno_--Her Hair is a dark leaden Colour; & was craped & knotted up very high, & in it neatly-woven, a Ribband, with a Sprig of green Jessamine--She wore a light Chintz Gown, very fine, with a blue Stamp, eligantly, & fashionably made, & which set well upon her--In one word, her Dress was neat & genteel; her Behaivour such as I should expect to find in a Lady whose Education had been conducted with Care & Skill, & her Person, abstracted from the Embellishments of Dress & Good-Breeding, not much above the Generality of Women.