'Business and the Cradle, the Altar, and the Tomb,' isn't it?
And he said it had always troubled him, but that you thought it good.
So do I.He asked me if I could think of anything that you might like better, to put in place of it, and I wrote, 'The time has come,' because it was the only thing I could think of that was as appropriate and as fetching as your headlines.

He was perfectly dear about it.

He was so serious; he said he feared it wouldn't be acceptable.

I didn't notice that the paper he handed me to write on was part of his notes, nor did he, I think.

Afterward, he put it back in his pocket.