[Reciprocity.] ... Do people act chemically on you? Can you talk to some people and be dumb in front of others? There be some who make a;; speech impossible for me - not from any dislike, but they make speech impossible; and to some I can talk even if I dislike them, and to some I have never in my life said one word I ever meant. To ..., for instance, who I really like for his steadfastness, if I mean to say, How do you do? I invariably say, How are you? I have never said one thing meant to him, and I cannot think why, for I like him. Ah! Gabriel was the one to tell things to - no, Gabriel, on second thoughts, was not the one to tell things to - and second thoughts are best - but you would think he was, and tell him, and experience the grace of an enduring repentance for it. ...