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To a woman I never addressed myself, in the of decency and friendship, without receiving  and friendly answer. If I was hungry or or sick, they did not hesitate, like men, to  generous action: in so free and kind a manner  contribute to my relief, that if I was dry, I drank the sweetest draught; and if hungry, I ate the coarsest morsel with a double relish."