Petherton countered with the following:--

SIR,--In reply to your absurdly worded letter I have lost a parrot, a

grey one. I do not know why you should have inferred that the bird at

your place belongs to me, unless you had already heard that mine is

missing, in which case I should have thought the proper course would

have been to return it.

I suppose, however, that to a person of your nature such a simple

procedure would have been impossible. The writing of unnecessary, stupid

and rather annoying letters seems to be an obsession with you.

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