They are very clever and amusing, and, what is better, are excellent women.

Their attachment to each other, and devotion to their nephew, are edifying; and he appears worthy of it.

Left an orphan when yet an infant, these sisters adopted their nephew, and for his sake have refused many advantageous offers of marriage, devoting themselves to forwarding his interests and insuring him their inheritance.

They have shared his studies, taken part in his success, and entered into his pains and pleasures, made his friends theirs, and theirs his; no wonder, then, that he loves them so fondly, and is never happier than with them, taking a lively interest in all their pursuits.
These good and warm-hearted women are accused of being enthusiasts, and romantic.

People say that at their age it is odd, if not absurd, to indulge in such exaggerated notions of attachment; nay more, to give such disinterested proofs of it.