A Letter to a Foreign Person in the Eyes of an English Maid Encountering the Enlightenment Thinkers at a Party

To my one and only James,
I have been doing well lately, you know the usual, and following these stuck up rich women's orders day in and day out without so much as a thank you. Goodness they're annoying. Mother is doing quite fine and is getting over her illness and fathers business is progressing tremendously. Last weekend, the weekly parlor was held at the Alderson Manor, the one I serve consistently. I got the pleasure of waitressing that evening's event; I got a good look at the guest list, so I knew what people to look out for. The main attendants consisted of the enlightenment thinkers John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Charles-Louis Montesquieu, and Mary Wollstonecraft. These people gave me a new outlook on life.
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