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s the daughter of a SenatorI asked her when
it would be her turn to become a bride. She modestly said that she did not
knowas she had not yet had an offer. Turning to the group of young men
who were in the roomI jocularly r yilai:
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beautiful lady
would you not like to marry her?He repliedI shall be
most delighted to.Then I said to the young ladyWill you accept his
offer?She seemed slightly embarrassed and said something to the effect
that as she did not know the gentl[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]n she could not give a definite
answer. After a few days I met the young lady at an "At Home" party
when she scolded me for being so blunt with her before the young men. I
told her I was actuated by the best of motivesand a few months later I
received an invitation from the young lady's parents inviting me to be
present at their daughter's marriage. I thought I would go and find out
whether the bridegroom was the young man whom I had introduced to the
young ladyand as soon as I entered the housethe mother of the brideto
my agreeable surpriseinformed me that it was I who had first brought the
young couple togetherand both the bride and bridegroom heartily thanked
me for my good offices.
America Through the Spectacles of an Orienta