Traveller and student and curious as you are, you will never have heard
the name of Vailima, most likely not even that of Upolu, and Samoa itself
may be strange to your ears. To these barbaric seats there came the
other day a yellow book with your name on the title, and filled in every
page with the exquisite gifts of your art. Let me take and change your
own words: _J’ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces_, _c’est
avec vous que je me complais à vivre_.