that
has not yet arrived, and most probably never will. However, I have
eased
my own
conscience
by the atonement, which is humiliating enough to one of my disposition; yet I could not have slept satisfied with the reflection of having,
even unintentionally
, injured any individual. I have done all that could be done to repair the injury, and there the affair must end. Whether we renew our intimacy or not is of very trivial consequence.
My time has lately been much occupied with very different pursuits.