self-contempt. When I feel free to tell you,

we shall draw apart and remain unknown forever.

"You desire to write? I do not prohibit it. I

have heretofore made no arrangement for hearing

from you, in turn, because I could not discover

that any advantage would accrue from it. But it

seems only fair, I confess, and you dare not think

me capricious. So, three days hence, at six

o'clock in the evening, a trusty messenger of mine

will call at your door. If you have anything to