Chapter III

Offices of the _Siècle_,
Paris,
Chef-lieu of the
department of the Seine,
France.
6, Thermidor, 108.

My good Kruger.--It is evidently necessary that I should speak
out to you in plain English. I can’t go into a long dissertation,
but if you will read the books I send herewith, _The Origin of
Species_, Spencer’s _Sociology_, Grant Allen’s _Evolution of the
Idea of God_, &c., you will see why I can’t back you up. As for
your contemptible offer, I cast it back at you with disdain.
My name alone should have protected me from such insults. I
would have you know that my paper represents French opinion in
England, and is now owned by an international company. I am the
irremovable editor.

Yours with reserve,
YVES GUYOT.

P.S.--I have been a Cabinet Minister. I send you a circular of
our new company. It is a good thing. Push it along.