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LETTER XLI. From one Young Man to Another in...

Jersey City, January 3, 1914
. My Dear Henry:

You will laugh at me, and with some reason, when I tell you that all my old skepticism about matrimonial happiness is at an end. I have met with a young lady who, I believe, would convert even you to a belief that marriage may be a very happy state, and that bachelors are only miserable wretches after all.

In brief, I am the engaged and accepted suitor of Miss Louisa Lane, whose brother you remember at Princeton. Words can scarcely suffice to express how great has been the enjoyment I have hitherto derived from her society, and the more I see of her amiable character and high accomplishments, the more certain do I feel that the day which first made known to me her consent to share my fortunes will prove one of the happiest in my whole existence.

You may think this a very wild effusion and one strangely at variance with my former avowed callousness on the score of domestic life, but believe me you will soon be a convert when you see my dear Louisa.

Wishing that you may prove as fortunate in the selection of a partner as I have at present reason to believe I myself am,

Believe me, my dear Henry,

Ever yours,
Ben.

To Mr. Henry Hopper.

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