“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,