25 March 1891
Macmillan,Do not forget that I also have a job, one which requires my alertness at all times. If I'm to save your brother on the morning of the 26th, complete a day's shift afterwards, and then spend my brief off time dueling the next morning, how am I supposed to return to work that afternoon? Your life and death are not the only ones that I can afford to focus on.
If the 27th is the only suitable day between the 26th and the 3rd, might I suggest: the 4th of April? Or would having that long to ponder your own mortality send you down a spiral of cowardice and despair?
