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''for your guide. He has the sense to begin the vast, the immense majority of his words with a lower-case letter. And there are doubtful words: Titanic, Cyclopean. I never know these without turning 'em up for myself.''

To sum up: (a) take a firm stand against capitals generally;  (b) be prepared to make moderate (i. e. grudging,) concessions;  (c) have little Murray at your elbow.

After so long a letter, Teixeira contented himself with a few annotations to one next day.

On my telling him that I had congratulated a common friend of his son's "blue", he interposed:

(I would write to A. P. if I knew what a "blue" was; but I really have not the remotest idea. Word of honour, I'm not conniegilchristing. I presume it has to do with cricket; and it's a mere guess.)

I have studied your exposition of capitals, I continued'', with great interest and, I hope, profit, though there is a fundamental difficulty which I''