Regarding Sally and Matty Edwards. Transcription: were wooing a waitress in a Lager Bier Saloon. Respect for [Jesse] Haney, if [Thomas] Nast was unaware of his claims (which I doubt, for he is an intimate at the Thomsons ?, and they suspectted Haney ?s liking for Sally [Edwards], long ago, and doubtless talk it over) might have taught Nast better, if there were any teaching him. But how little of generosity and fair play is shown by those wiser than Nast in the passion. Matty [Edwards] in her limited way, I think, resents this competition for her less pretty sister, while she herself has only
Regarding Sally and Matty Edwards. Transcription: were wooing a waitress in a Lager Bier Saloon. Respect for [Jesse] Haney, if [Thomas] Nast was unaware of his claims (which I doubt, for he is an intimate at the Thomsons ?, and they suspectted Haney ?s liking for Sally [Edwards], long ago, and doubtless talk it over) might have taught Nast better, if there were any teaching him. But how little of generosity and fair play is shown by those wiser than Nast in the passion. Matty [Edwards] in her limited way, I think, resents this competition for her less pretty sister, while she herself has only young [Charles] Honeywell playing suitor, whose intellect she can ?t rate highly, let him be ever so ?ǣgoodnatured ? a Charley. I believe she is Sally ?s confidante, (though Haney is not sure of this) as, also, that she would esteem persistence and further wooing after a rejection, a meanness. Haney is a little gratified by this, as I can see. Matty is of a simpler, straighter, less complex nature than her sister: her notion of lovemaking would be, say what you want and get your answer sans refinements. No very strong intentions underlie her actions; she is best behaved when you don ?t let her perceive that you are over sensitive about her regard. Neither of these girls are easy at heart; they want to love and to be loved worthily, as all women do. Sally talks about Title: Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries: Volume 11, page 136, November 13, 1859 . 13 November 1859. Gunn, Thomas Butler, 1826-1903
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