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Sidney's letter was not the only one he received that day When, in

response to Katie's summons, he rose heavily and prepared for dinner, he

found an unopened envelope on the table It was fro around in a sort of haze all day The

fact that I only heard your voice and scarcely saw you last night hasof delicacy about trying to see you again so soon I's that have got

to be discussed

You said last night that things were "different" with you I know about

that You'd had one or two unlucky accidents Do you know any man in our

profession who has not? And, for fear you think I do not knohat I a was threshed out at the State Society when the

question of the tablet caot up and said: "Gentlelass houses Let hi us throw the first stone!" By George! You should have heard theht I took my little car and drove around the

country roads, and the farther I went theto write any rot about the world needing h But our profession does You working in a

gas office, while old O'Hara bungles and hacks, and I struggle along on

what I learned froe to step down from the pinnacle you stood on So it's not

cowardice that has set you down here It's wrong conception And I've