This document proved short and may be given entire.
MY DEAR MISS ARCHER- I don't know whether you will have heard of
my coming to England, but even if you have not it will scarcely be a
surprise to you. You will remember that when you gave me my
dismissal at Albany, three months ago, I did not accept it. I
protested against it. You in fact appeared to accept my protest and to
admit that I had the right on my side. I had come to see you with
the hope that you would let me bring you over to my conviction; my
reasons for entertaining this hope had been of the best. But you
disappointed it; I found you changed, and you were able to give me
no reason for the change. You admitted that you were unreasonable, and
it was the only concession you would make; but it was a very cheap
one, because that's not your character. No, you are not, and you never
will be, arbitrary or capricious. Therefore it is that I believe you
will let me see you again. You told me that I'm not disagreeable to
you, and I believe it; for I don't see why that should be. I shall
always think of you; I shall never think of any one else. I came to
England simply because you are here; I couldn't stay at home after you
had gone: I hated the country because you were not in it.
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