And then, on a day came actually an offer for it from Messrs.

Hodder and Stoughton.
For this, and for many another kindness, I had the editor of the _British Weekly_ to thank.

Thus the book was published at last, and as for Messrs.

Hodder and Stoughton I simply dare not say what a generous firm I found them, lest it send too many aspirants to their doors.
But, indeed, I have had the pleasantest relations with all my publishers.
"Better Dead" is, by my wish, no longer on sale in Great Britain, and I should have preferred not to see it here, for it is in no way worthy of the beautiful clothes Messrs.

Scribner have given it.