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I told him I would come , and desired to know where he lived . He gave me a direction in writing , and when he gave it me he read it to me , and said , `` There ’t is , madam , if you dare trust yourself with me . '' `` Yes , sir , '' said I , `` I believe I may venture to trust you with myself , for you have a wife , you say , and I do n't want a husband ; besides , I dare trust you with my money , which is all I have in the world , and if that were gone , I may trust myself anywhere . '' He said some things in jest that were very handsome and mannerly , and would have pleased me very well if they had been in earnest ; but that passed over , I took the directions , and appointed to attend him at his house at seven o'clock the same evening . When I came he made several proposals for my placing my money in the bank , in order to my having interest for it ; but still some difficulty or other came in the way , which he objected as not safe ; and I found such a sincere disinterested honesty in him , that I began to muse with myself , that I had certainly found the honest man I wanted , and that I could never put myself into better hands ; so I told him with a great deal of frankness that I had never met with a man or woman yet that I could trust , or in whom I could think myself safe , but that I saw he was so disinterestedly concerned for my safety , that I said I would freely trust him with the management of that little I had , if he would accept to be steward for a poor widow that could give him no salary . He smiled and , standing up , with great respect saluted me . He told me he could not but take it very kindly that I had so good an opinion of him ; that he would not deceive me , that he would do anything in his power to serve me , and expect no salary ; but that he could not by any means accept of a trust , that it might bring him to be suspected of self-interest , and that if I should die he might have disputes with my executors , which he should be very loth to encumber himself with .