He was a native of the same colony with herself; and although his early military services, and her frequent visits to the family of her sister, and subsequent establishment at its head, had prevented their ever meeting, still she was familiar with his domestic virtues, and well knew that the rigid inflexibility for which his public acts were distinguished formed no part of his reputation in private life.
A főparancsnok ugyanazon a gyarmaton született, mint ő, s bár sohasem találkoztak, hiszen Washingtont korán elszólította a katonai szolgálat, Miss Peyton pedig sokat vendégeskedett a nővére házában, amelynek vezetését később végleg át is vette, a néni sokat hallott Washington civil erényeiről, s jól tudta, hogy a közéleti tevékenységét jellemző hajthatatlan magatartás a magánéletben nemigen szokott megnyilvánulni.