A malice I don't dislike

You have shown me great goodness. But I deserved it. Said Boswell

Yes, said Rousseau. You are malicious, but tis a pleasant malice, a malice I don't dislike. Write and tell me how you are.

A conversation between James Boswell and Jean Jaques Rousseau in a greasy spoon in south london, over ketchup, tea and chips while waiting for the fish to arrive.