Let Balaam not forget that after all he rides upon the ass, that she has served him well ever since she was his until this day, and that even now he is on his way with her to be promoted unto very great honour by the Princes of Balak. And let him remember that whatever can speak may at any moment have a word to say to him which it were best he should hear.
RASPER.
The Point acknowledged
Well hit! my dear Vanity, and I find, on searching again, that historically you are right.
Vanity Fair, Jan. 18, 1879.
The fact, doubtless, explains the conviction of the race in their mission, but I fancy you will admit that this is the only Ass on record who ever did "see the Angel of the Lord!" and that we are past the age of miracles.
Yours always,
The White House,
Jan. 11, 1879.