I guess one should appreciate
this woman's honesty, if nothing else:
A young lady of 18, wealthy, pretty and agreeable, wants a husband. Not finding any one of her acquaintance who suits her, she has concluded to take this method of discovering one. The happy gentleman must be wealthy, stylish, handsome and fascinating. None other need apply. Address within three days, giving name and full particulars, and enclosing carte de visite, Carrie Howard, Station D, New York.
June 5, 1863
(To make it writing related, at this point Angelique would have been 56 years old, and had been a dragonborn for 33 years. Buck was about 670 years old.)