“Only what?”
“Couldn't you have made it a little shorter?”
“No, I couldn't; but you don't mean that. What did you mean by that 'only'?”
“Why, I don't think this letter will end the business; at least, I'm afraid not.”
“But what more could I have said?”
“Nothing more, certainly; but couldn't you have keep a little quieter—it's difficult to get the right word—a little cooler, perhaps. Couldn't you have made the part about not seeing her again a little more decided?”
“But you said I needn't pretend I didn't care for her.”
“Did I?”
“Yes. Besides, it would have been a lie.”
“I don't want you to tell a lie, certainly. But how about this 'small remembrance' that you speak of? What's that?”