Levi

will be my

dernier resort

. However I thought proper to make this Experiment with very slender hopes of success indeed, since Recourse to the

Law

is at best a

desperate

effort. I have now laid open my affairs to you without Disguise and Stated the Facts as they appear, declining all Comments, or the use of any Sophistry to palliate my application, or urge my request. All I desire is a speedy Answer, whether successful or not.

Believe me, yours truly,

Byron