“What were her terms?” I asked.
“She didn’t offer any.”
I did some thinking over the last puffs of my cigarette, then ground it out, and asked, “Did she give you any address where you could get in touch with her?”
“No.”
“What did she want?”
“First, she wanted me to withdraw from the campaign.”
“You didn’t do that?”
“No.”
“Why?”
“I was in too deep,” he said. “Shortly before that letter was received, the opposition newspaper started publishing a series of slurring articles, intimating that my past would stand investigation. My friends demanded that I sue the paper for libel. I was placed in a very embarrassing position.”