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2. So that you could have some gauge as to whether I was being liberal or stingy. Even if I had cancelled the entire $5,000 instead of making an allowance of $3,000, you might have felt that I was trying to get the best of it unless I furnished you some basis for judging. (And, mind you, I did not insist on my $3,000 estimate. I urged you to point out to me any seeming unfairness). x x x Now you will know why I have kept postponing this letter - the reason being that I knew I would make an awful job of it. It is a delicate, tender, sensitive subject and, in trying to handle it, I feel like a man using ice tongs to handle a butterfly. Please forgive me for being so damned logical and everything. I don't know how