ad indeed, M. Bourget; for it was just that little wee
thing that caused the whole difficulty and made you dictate the Reply,
and your amanuensis call me all those hard names which the magazines
dislike so. And I did it all in fun, too, trying to cap your funny
anecdote with another one--on the give-and-take principle, you
know--which is American. I didn't know that with the French it was
all give and no take, and you didn't tell me. But now that I have made
everything comfortable again, and fixed both anecdotes so they can never
have any point any more, I know you will forgive me.

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