No obligations of any sort will be incurred by you in accepting this offer.

It is hardly conceivable that you will decline it, though it is quite optional with you to do so.

It will not, however, be repeated.
Kindly designate by a verbal "Yes" or "No" to the bearer whether you accept or decline.

The messenger is a stranger to the person making the offer and the contents of this communication are unknown to him.

If you wish to avail yourself of this gift, the amount will be paid in cash immediately, and it is suggested that you refrain from mentioning the matter to your granddaughter in any way.
Professor Kelton had given his answer to the messenger unhesitatingly, and the trouble reflected in his dark eyes was not due, we may assume, to any regret for his negative reply, but to the jangling of old, harsh chords of memory.