"FORT WASHINGTON, _June 1, 1872_.
"DEAR SIR--I am sorry you did not extend your ride as far as this.
"I have been thinking somewhat _intensely_ on a particular subject
since I saw you.
"I mean in reference to a question of our personal action in a matter
which, I suppose, is to come off on Monday.
"I have made up _my_ mind definitively that whatever you or others may
think fit to do, I will not, under any circumstances figure in that
affair.
"There can be no mistake about _its being unfit_.[61] I shall be sorry
to stand alone, but I am not afraid to do so.
"Yours,
"CH. O'CONOR."