Here's the note." It simply stated that Messrs.

So-and-so had given their best attention to the play of "Stilicho," which Mr.Casti had been so good as to submit to them, and regretted their inability to make any proposal for its publication, seeing that its subject was hardly likely to excite popular interest.

They thanked the author for offering it to them, and begged to return the MS.
"Well, it's a disappointment," said Waymark, "but we must try again.

I myself am so hardened to this kind of thing that I fear you will think me unsympathetic.

It's like having a tooth out.