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Dear Miss Brown:

I must crave your pardon for the somewhat bold address I am about to make, trusting that its apparent presumption may be excused by the consideration that my feelings are deeply enlisted in its success. The marked attentions paid you at Mrs. Irwin's party, could not, I flatter myself, have failed to attract your notice, nor have been wholly disagreeable to yourself. Cherishing this pleasing belief, I am encouraged to crave the privilege of being permitted to improve my acquaintance with a lady for whom I entertain so high an esteem.

The company in which we met will, I trust, be considered a sufficient guarantee of my character and position to warrant me in looking forward to an early renewal of the happy hours spent in your company. Your kind permission once granted, I shall lose no time in seeking, for my addresses, the sanction of your parents; but I do not feel at liberty to take such a step until well assured that it will be agreeable to your wishes.

May I entreat the favor of an early reply which dear Miss Brown will be anxiously awaited by Your devoted admirer, To a Widow from a Widower.