Part 13 (1/2)

I have told you once that everything John Denton says of me is false, unless it is particularly pleasant. And then it hardly does me justice. Now, after my repeated demands, will you tell me what he said?

Yours very truly, RICHARD WARREN

P.S. I have found more in the business form of signature than I had dreamed existed. Let me repeat it another way,

Very truly--yours, R. W.

UNDER-THE-TREES September 14th

Dear and Caviling Poet:

You deserved to be scolded. But we will say no more about it. And I have decided to relent and tell you what Mr. John Denton said.

He said

That you were shy

That you were very blonde

That you were very impractical

That you were very generous

That you were an incorrigible dreamer

And that he thought you were in love!

What have you to reply to these six counts of his indictment?

Curiously yours, THE PRINCESS

NEW YORK CITY September 17th

Dear Portia:

Lies! All counts of the indictment to be immediately quashed--save the very last!

RICHARD WARREN

GREEN HILL September 19

Diary, I have a two-line letter from Richard Warren which I am afraid to answer. And it's all my fault!

CHAPTER VI

Revelations and Results