A few days later the Advertiser carried Dr. Alvarez's rebuttal to Dr. de Faria's letter in which he countered that he could hardly have thought of offering a partnership to a man he did not know.
A brief period later, The Advertiser presented Dr. Alvarez's reaction to Dr. de Faria's letter, in which he maintained that it was unlikely he would have suggested a partnership to someone he had not encountered.