He opened a book at random and received 'this direst blow'; if Fitzgerald was an admirable person, 'this seems to aggravate rather than lighten the outrage'; though Fitzgerald disliked Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poetry, he need not have expressed 'relief at her death'; he will 'try and forget the sad business' and end his desire to know Fitzgerald; returns Lady Tennyson's sympathetic letter - a pity that Fitzgerald's words were not confined to his appreciative circle of friends; 'I hope never to need to revert to one of the most odious incidents of my life'