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175) a thousand miles away, & men are so disagreeable in such cases, they will not converse together, & each expects one's undived attention. Sister talked to Mr Hunker, & Mamma was not there. - Mr Berry was down in the dumps, & hardly spoke, while Mr Little ignored their departure entirely, & talked faster than ever. I was utterly worn out with all I had been doing during the day, but of course I could not leave. Finally Mr Berry with a deep sigh got up to go, & after saying good bye, vanished through the door-way. Mr Little much relieved took another chair & we had some more random conversation. But he is so queer, not a word about his going, not the slightest allusion to our ever meeting again, & yet for three months I have seen him constantly, & he has seized every opportunity of meeting. And if I had seen as much of any ordinary young man, as I have of him, I should consider that he had been very attentive; but Mr Little never goes any where, or likes anybody, & he is most extraordinary in that respect; every where he goes

(176 he is noticed, & spoken of, & universally admired by men & women. But on him people do not seem to produce any effect. Now the Ogden girls used to rave about him, & I could hardly make him acknowledge their existance; he did not seem ever to have thought or know anything about them. - Young ladies did not seem to interest him atall, & Mr Hunker says he never likes anyone, & yet there is not the slightest affectation on his part, not a bit. So altogether I am rather proud of having him for my friend, especially as I have never done the slightest thing to attract his attention. - I never but once asked him to come into our rooms, & I had twenty-three of his cards. I never went to see Mrs Little but three or four times the whole winter, though I often wanted to. It is one thing for a person to have a young man around, who devotes himself to a pretty girl every where he goes, & quite another to have a friend like Mr Little, & I esteem it a great compliment. For a long time I could not tell, whether he liked me any better after a dozen visits, than he did