I could not have held out so long, but for his eagerness, for my head ached, and last night it seemed to me that Rome was all bells, and that the clocks never ceased striking.
'But how his eagerness carries one through, and his frank and generous recognition of all that one does for him! Sometimes I copy and arrange; sometimes he dictates; sometimes I just let him talk till he has got a page or section into shape.

Even in this handling of finance, you feel the flame that makes life with him so exciting.

It is absurd to say, as his enemies do, that he has no steadiness of purpose.

I have seen him go through the most tremendous drudgery the last few weeks,--and then throw it all into shape with the most astonishing ease and rapidity.

And he is delightful to work with.