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Chapter 2

           Theyaresoperpetuallyalarmedwiththeapprehensionsofthese,andthelikeimpendingdangers,thattheycanneithersleepquietlyintheirbeds,norhaveanyrelishforthecommonpleasuresandamusementsoflife.Whentheymeetanacquaintanceinthemorning,thefirstquestionisaboutthesun’shealth,howhelookedathissettingandrising,andwhathopestheyhavetoavoidthestrokeoftheapproachingcomet.Thisconversationtheyareapttorunintowiththesametemperthatboysdiscoverindelightingtohearterriblestoriesofspiritsandhobgoblins,whichtheygreedilylistento,anddarenotgotobedforfear.

           Thewomenoftheislandhaveabundanceofvivacity:they,contemntheirhusbands,andareexceedinglyfondofstrangers,whereofthereisalwaysaconsiderablenumberfromthecontinentbelow,attendingatcourt,eitheruponaffairsoftheseveraltownsandcorporations,ortheirownparticularoccasions,butaremuchdespised,becausetheywantthesameendowments.Amongthesetheladieschoosetheirgallants:butthevexationis,thattheyactwithtoomucheaseandsecurity;forthehusbandisalwayssoraptinspeculation,thatthemistressandlovermayproceedtothegreatestfamiliaritiesbeforehisface,ifhebebutprovidedwithpaperandimplements,andwithouthisflapperathisside.

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