"It certainly is hard to be original....

But then I'm not ambitious." He found another sheet of paper and wrote to Hamil: "All the same you are wrong; I have always been your friend.

My father comes first, as always; you second.

There is no third." This note, signed, sealed, and addressed, he left with the other.
"Certainly I am not original in the least," he said, beginning another note.
"DOLLY DEAR: "You have made good.

_Continuez, chere enfant_--and if you don't know what that means your French lessons are in vain.