If you do not like the manner in which I reviewed Dr. J—’s s—— on his
wife, be it known unto you—I _will_ not do it any other way—I felt some
pleasure in paying a just tribute of respect to the memory of a man—who,
spite of all his faults, I have an affection for—I say _have_, for I
believe he is somewhere—_where_ my soul has been gadding perhaps;—but
_you_ do not live on conjectures.