The Ameer replied to the notice that a mission was about to proceed to Cabul by a courteous declinature to receive an Envoy, assigning several specious reasons.
If a declinature is necessary, let it be in the form of a recognition of the honor conveyed in the invitation, and genuine regret at the impossibility of accepting it.
But the acceptance or declinature of an invitation, and the answer to a business communication, should be sent with as little delay as possible.
It is next in importance as a function, and the acceptance or declinature of a letter requesting that one should attend it must be promptly despatched.
As with teas, so with evening receptions, a declinature must be sent in the shape of a card delivered on the day of the function.
