One of the most famous humorists in world literature, O. Henry created a unique panorama of American life at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries, in grotesque situations, he conveyed the contrasts and paradoxes of his era, which opened up space for people with business acumen, whom the game of chance raises to the top of success, then throws to the very bottom of life. "Phillips mailed evening mail to Carlson Chalmers in his apartment near Madison Square . In addition to the usual correspondence, there were two envelopes with the same foreign stamp .. In one of the envelopes, a woman's photo was inserted, in the other - an infinitely long letter, over which Chalmers sat for a long time in thoughtfulness. The letter was written by a woman and contained many sweet but poisonous thorns aimed at the person depicted in the photo, why she seemed to Chalmers smeared with honey and thrown out in feathers ... ”