© Copyright 2001 R. G. Harrison Letter R56 Nuenen, 1st half July 1885
Amice Rappard,
To my regret I have not yet discovered any reply from you. The more I think about it the more I feel that I shall personally not be at all sorry to be done with you �unless you withdraw once and for all a correspondence that �in my opinion �is hardly a credit to you. But I repeat that I am willing to look upon the whole business as a misunderstanding, and not to alter our friendly relations, provided that you realize yourself �that you were mistaken.
As I don’t want things to drag on on any account, I beg you to answer me before the end of the week. And I shall know, according to the contents of your letter, what to decide.
In case you do not write this week �I no longer desire your reply. And then time will tell whether your remarks about my work and my person were justified or not �were made in good faith or not.
With greetings,
Vincent