The common people of the place know me already,
and love me, particularly the children. When at
first I associated with them, and inquired in a
friendly tone about their various trifles, some
fancied that I wished to ridicule them, and turned
from me in exceeding ill-humour. I did not allow
that circumstance to grieve me: I only felt most keenly
what I have often before observed. Persons who can claim a certain