BRIEF BUT SINCERE "OLD NOLL."
Oliver Cromwell seemed to have similar difficulties when he wrote:
My Dearest: I have not leisure to write much; but I could chide thee that, in many of thy letters, thou writest to me that I should not be unmindful of thee and thy little ones. Truly, if I love you not too well, I think I err not on the other hand much. Thou art dearer to me than any creature; let that suffice. I rest thine
Oliver Cromwell.