Nowallthiscomesofbeinggood-hearted。IfIhadbeenasunaccommodatingandunsympatheticassomepeople,IwouldhavetoldMr。BlokethatIwouldn’treceivehiscommunicationatsuchalatehour;
butno,hissnufflingdistresstouchedmyheart,andIjumpedatthechanceofdoingsomethingtomodifyhismisery。Ineverreadhisitemtoseewhethertherewasanythingwrongaboutit,buthastilywrotethefewlineswhichprecededit,andsentittotheprinters。Andwhathasmykindnessdoneforme?,Ithasdonenothingbutbringdownuponmeastormofabuseandornamentalblasphemy。
NowIwillreadthatitemmyself,andseeifthereisanyfoundationforallthisfuss。Andifthereis,theauthorofitshallhearfromme。
Ihavereadit,andIamboundtoadmitthatitseemsalittlemixedatafirstglance。However,Iwillperuseitoncemore。
Ihavereaditagain,anditdoesreallyseemagooddealmoremixedthanever。