And, though I do not wish to ape old Adam and imply that I was tempted by a lovely woman, a strict regard for the truth forces me to add that there is also guilt upon your head.
How so?
Go back to that message you inserted in the Daily Mail: "The grapefruit lady's great fondness for mystery and romance--" You did not know it, of course; but in those words you passed me a challenge I could not resist; for making plots is the business of life--more, the breath of life--to me.

I have made many; and perhaps you have followed some of them, on Broadway.

Perhaps you have seen a play of mine announced for early production in London.

There was mention of it in the program at the Palace.

That was the business which kept me in England.