Thou Cowden,—Will you vouchsafe to step down here, and confer with me half an hour or so respecting a certain unborn acquaintance of yours yclept the Companion?—and if you cannot come directly, will you say at what hour before 8 o’clock you can come; or whether you can or cannot come at all this afternoon?—for time presses upon a project I have in my head, because of the New Year.
