["Jan. 1814.]
"I will answer your letter this evening; in the mean time, it may
be sufficient to say, that there was no intention on my part to
annoy you, but merely to _serve_ Dallas, and also to rescue myself
from a possible imputation that _I_ had other objects than fame in
writing so frequently. Whenever I avail myself of any profit
arising from my pen, depend upon it, it is not for my own
convenience; at least it never has been so, and I hope never will.
"P.S. I shall answer this evening, and will set all right about
Dallas. I thank you for your expressions of personal regard, which
I can assure you I do not lightly value."
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