To the Editors:
Since Mr. Dalrymple finds me in his review of my book The Surrender (“The saddhu of sodomy,” December 2004) to be “a person whom one would not cross the street to meet,” I wish to extend an offer on my part to cross the street to his side, and would be happy to explain to him the various confusions he feels about my book— i.e., its veracity, its purpose, and, of course, how each of the people listed in my acknowledgments helped in some way with its birth.

Toni Bentley
New York, New York