Double-replying, and I don’t altogether disagree. I think there’s something subtly unpleasantly moralizing about it. I don’t know how to explain it beyond that.

Double-replying, and I don’t altogether disagree. I think there’s something subtly unpleasantly moralizing about it. I don’t know how to explain it beyond that. The feeling I got from the OP and that your comment alludes to is the same one I get from this other short story, Manna. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manna_(novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manna_(novel)