And I'm glad he told you to write to me.
"Though at this particular minute I would like best to thrash Kennicott O'Neill into work and sanity, I might just as well admit the fact that I'm merely in the chronic state of all men who love him and pass on cheerfully to a pleasant task.

All that Brian has said of his father is true.

As for Brian himself, he's a lovable, hot-headed chap with a head and a heart and too much of both for his own peace of mind.

And he's so darned level-headed and unaffected he needs a Boswell.

I hope I've made good.
"The O'Neills, in short, are a splendid pair of fellows with a rush of Irish to the head.