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am really cordially attached. At parting, Mr. Downing
admonished me with his beautiful smile that I should
on all occasions make use of a little inborn tact
(N. B. a something that I was born without) so as
to know what I ought to do and to permit. I think,
in the meanwhile, that I made good use of his advice
by immediately afterward declining the proposal
of a young man to climb a lofty church tower with
him. Nothing impresses me so much as the youthfulness
of this people, I might almost say childish fervor and
love of adventure. They hesitate at nothing and regard
nothing as impossible. But I know myself to be too
old to climb up church towers with young gentlemen.
When the Downings left me, I was intrusted to the
kind care of Mr. Putnam, who was to conduct me to
his villa on Staten Island. It was with difficulty
that we drove through the throng of vehicles which
filled the streets leading to the harbor, in order to
reach the steamboat on time. I cannot help admiring
the skill with which the drivers here manage to get
out of the way, twisting about, shooting between,
and disentangling themselves without misadventure
from real Gordian knots of carts and carriages. It
is remarkable, but not pleasant. I sat all the time
expecting to see the head of a horse coming through
the carriage window, or
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