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Guert did the same to one of the young ladies of the house ; Anneke was led in by one of the young men ; and I took the remaining young lady , who , I presumed , was also one of the family . It was very apparent we were respited ; and all of us thought it wisest to appear as much at our ease as possible , in order not to balk the humour of the principal magistrate of the ancient town of Albany . To do Mr. Mayor justice , the lost time had been so well improved by Doortje , that , on looking around the table , I thought the supper to which we were thus strangely invited , was , of the two , the best I had seen that evening . Luckily , game was plenty ; and , by means of quails , partridges , oysters , venison patties , and other dishes of that sort , the cook had managed to send up quite as good a supper , at ten o'clock , as she had previously prepared for nine . I will not pretend that I felt quite at my ease , as I took my seat at the table , for the second time that night . All the younger members of the party looked exceedingly grave , as if they could very well dispense with our company ; the old people alone appearing to enter into the scene with any spirit . Anneke did not even look at me , after the first astounded look given on my entrance ; nor did Mary Wallace once cast her eyes towards Guert , when we reached the supper-room .