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Perhaps some of them do now . There are things of which , alas ! one can never be certain . At 6:32 o'clock , p.m. , after fortifying himself with dinner , James Gollop retired to the writing room of the hotel and began . At 7:35 o'clock James Gollop thought he could write better in the privacy of his room where there were no distractions intervened by a lot of fools who should have been born dumb , but were unfortunately gifted with speech that was devoted to subjects that were of no importance at all in comparison with the epistolatory efforts of one James Gollop . By midnight the persistent correspondent had used a box of stationery , and had composed letters enough to have formed a book in the style of the `` Ready Letter Writers ' Friend , '' containing everything from letters of condolence to congratulation , and from stern business to effusive sentiment The sole letter missing might have been one pertaining to the birth of twins . And this was what he mailed : `` DEAR MISS STURGIS : I have atoned for my seeming negligence by having some violets sent you to-day , fortunately remembering that those were the flowers for which you expressed a preference on that memorable occasion when we together visited the horse show .