Mary Johnston , "Three Hills," Virginia, to "My Dear Mr. Yard" [possibly Robert Sterling Yard , editor at Moffat, Yard and Company]

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3 p.

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[regrets her share of their mutual misunderstanding but still feels that some of the points made in his letter should have been made during their original negotiations and agrees to remain good acquaintances and well-wishers, "By nature I am a hard fighter but I can truly say that I rarely feel animosity toward the person whom, for reasons, I am fighting. If this is the case in actual conflict it is of course doubly the case when the conflict has ceased, or when, as in this case, I am prepared to agree that greater insight on my own part might have helped to prevent any grave conflict at all."]

Names:

Mary Johnston
Robert Sterling Yard

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