I took the freedom one day, after we had talked pretty close to the subject, to tell him that it was true I had received the compliment of a lover from him, namely, that he would take me without inquiring into my fortune, and I would make him a suitable return in this, viz. that I would make as little inquiry into his as consisted with reason, but I hoped he would allow me to ask a few questions, which he would answer or not as he thought fit; and that I would not be offended if he did not answer me at all; one of these questions related to our manner of living, and the place where, because I had heard he had a great plantation in Virginia, and that he had talked of going to live there, and I told him I did not care to be transported.
Je pris un jour la liberté de lui dire qu'il était vrai que j'avais reçu de lui une galanterie d'amant, puisqu'il me prenait sans nulle enquête sur ma fortune, et que je lui retournai le compliment en m'inquiétant de la sienne plus que de raison, mais que j'espérais qu'il me permettrait quelques questions auxquelles il répondrait ou non suivant ses convenances; l'une de ces questions se rapportait à la manière dont nous vivrions et au lieu que nous habiterions, parce que j'avais entendu dire qu'il possédait une grande plantation en Virginie, et je lui dis que je ne me souciais guère d'être déportée.