“I assure you, upon my honour, that the account you enclosed to me is so very erroneous in almost every particular, that I would beg, as a personal favour, that you would omit any mention of it, with particulars, until an account can be made more satisfactory to all parties.
“I send you something very general, but I would infinitely prefer your waiting until next Saturday; but I again assure you that the printed account is throughout erroneous, and I trust that it will therefore be totally omitted.