Anna Beddoes to Davies Giddy, 25 January 1804 (copy)
Jany the 25th [1]
To make amends for the pain I gave my dear love to day, what must I do? tell him that I love him as tenderly as the youngest woman can love the first object of her affections and that in the dark when nobody sees her, she often blushes while x she thinks on him – Have I said more than I ought – Blot it out of your memory then – [2]
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Notes
[1] This date may have been added by Giddy, rather than having formed part of the original note.
[2] This note survives as a fair copy in Giddy’s hand. It is written on a sheet on which Giddy had copied a series of similarly short notes dated 24 Jan 1804, evening of the 24 Jan 1804, 25 Jan 1805, 26 Jan 1804, 30 Jan 1804, 31 Jan 1804 (two notes), 1 Feb 1804, 7 Feb 1808. Towards the end of this document Giddy writes ‘The originals of these notes were some written in Ink others with Pencil on bits of paper & are all burnt — ʼ.