Now, hold on a minute. I think I object to being held up as a bad example, especially since no-one has yet demonstrated any flawed syllogism in my work on Twain and homosexuality. I have never claimed to prove anything, only to show the likelihood of certain events. Since few people have read anything about my work except the brief and shadowy synopsis of an oral presentation put on the Twain Forum by request, and since no-one then pointed out any flaw in the argument, I wonder what Wesley's comment means. In any case, there will be an extended piece in _American Literature_ next issue (March 95), and people who so wish can abuse me all over again then. I don't think I have ever made much effort to be PC; it isn't my fault that Clemens' relationships with men in the 1860s ties into hot topics in the 1990s. My article takes special pains to argue that discussion of homosexuality in Clemens' life affects the premises of gay studies as much as it does Twain studies. I am still waiting for any substantive objections to my work. Until you have more than a bad reaction to my point, please refrain from using me as a bad example. If anyone objects to my scholarship, I'll take my licks as fairly given, but not otherwise.