“Mr. Canning returns the papers which Mr. Jerdan has been so good as to send to him, with many thanks for the opportunity of reading them.
“The paragraph, which Mr. J. incloses, may be safely left to itself; it is obviously nonsense, and could not be made sense, but by a breach of private confidence which even example cannot justify. I saw the lady in question frequently—so far is true—but a woman’s name should never be mentioned with rebuke, and therefore I beg that you will say nothing (on my account) about her.”
