Re: mind your language

Scottie Bowman (rbowman@indigo.ie)
Sat, 23 Oct 1999 13:07:42 +0100 

    Elizabeth,

    I was touched by your expression of longing.  However, 
    this is one I'm going to have to sit out. 
    
    I'm in the position of a father whose dearly loved son 
    - one with whom he has shared some of the sunniest 
    of days - has come home to present to his parents 
    as his intended wife a girl of such unprepossessing looks, 
    such a humourless, tortuous cast of mind, such a deadening
    presence that one can only withdraw to one's bedroom 
    to weep.

    Such a contrast to the way in which your new found 
    taste for orthography has lit up with its charm & 
    vernal stylishness this weary old heart.

    With renewed thanks & loving regards.

    Scottie B.