Eight in the evening
Twelve o'clock . I am the happiest of all possible women ; Fitzgerald is in the sullens about your brother ; surely there is no pleasure in nature equal to that of plaguing a fellow who really loves one , especially if he has as much merit as Fitzgerald , for otherwise he would not be worth tormenting . He had better not pout with me : I believe I know who will be tired first . Eight in the evening . I have passed a most delicious day : Fitzgerald took it into his wise head to endeavor to make me jealous of a little pert French-woman , the wife of a Croix de St. Louis , who I know he despises ; I then thought myself at full liberty to play off all my airs , which I did with ineffable success , and have sent him home in a humor to hang himself . Your brother stays the evening , so does a very handsome fellow I have been flirting with all the day : Fitz was engaged here too , but I told him it was impossible for him not to attend Madame La Brosse to Quebec ; he looked at me with a spite in his countenance which charmed me to the soul , and handed the fair lady to his carriole . I 'll teach him to coquet , Lucy ; let him take his Madame La Brosse : indeed , as her husband is at Montreal , I do n't see how he can avoid pursuing his conquest : I am delighted , because I know she is his aversion .