The gift card is inconsequential; I

The gift card is inconsequential; I spend more than that on coffee in a month. I need to show you,
in some tangible way, that I respect your intelligence. I said something in an unguarded moment
that Miss Peterson took and twisted. So, it isn't even a gift----it's more like restitution. I maligned you;
now I'm praising you. You must accept it, or this injustice will remain unresolved between us, and I
won't believe you're forgiven me for my verbal indiscretion in front of one of your peers.