Her letter to Mr Alf was as follows: DEAR MR ALF, Do tell me who wrote the review on Fitzgerald Barker's last poem.
Only I know you won't.

I remember nothing done so well.

I should think the poor wretch will hardly hold his head up again before the autumn.

But it was fully deserved.

I have no patience with the pretensions of would-be poets who contrive by toadying and underground influences to get their volumes placed on every drawing-room table.