I do not deal in enticements, empty or otherwise, as anyone with a brain the size of a pea would have already inferred. If I cared for your opinion, I would ask; if I cared to repeat the previous warning, I would send you something far worse this time; if I cared enough to prove you wrong, I would continue this letter. As it is, I do not. But I am sure you will find my silence hereafter as brusque as anything.

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