“Now is there anything objectionable in that letter? Anything that one gentleman would not write to another?”
I admitted that on the whole it was a civil letter.
“Now look at his answer,” said Godfrey.
Conroy’s answer was on a post-card. It consisted of six words only.
“Do not be a damned fool.”
“Well,” I said, “that’s sound advice even if it’s not very politely expressed.”
“Conroy’s in it too,” said Godfrey, vindictively, “and I’ll make them all sorry for themselves before I’ve done with them.”