Reply to "Comment on 'Two-finger selection theory in the Saffman-Taylor problem'"

We clarify the meaning of the results of Phys. Rev. E 60, R5013 (1999). We discuss the use and implications of periodic boundary conditions, as opposed to rigid-wall ones. We briefly argue that the solutions of the paper above are physically relevant as part of a mon general issue, namely the possible generalization to dynamics. of the microscopic solvability scenario of selection.