“Yours sincerely,

“J. C.”

In May he wrote to me again:

“DEAR SIR,

“I am much surprised at not having yet received the books I wrote for last March—beg to know the cause of this delay; and am,

“Dear sir,

“Yours, &c.

“J. C.”

A fortnight afterward, as I was packing up the books for this gentleman, I received the following:

“SIR,