Chapter 9

           Mypublisher,JohnMorgeson—theestimableindividualwhohadfirstrefusedmybook,andwhonow,movedbyself-interest,wasdevotinghisenergiesassiduouslytothebusinessoflaunchingitinthemostmodernandapprovedstyle,wasnotlikeShakespeare’sCassio,strictly‘anhonourableman.’Neitherwashetherespectablechiefofalong-establishedfirmwhosesystemofthecheatingofauthors,mellowedbytime,hadbecomealmostsacred;—hewasa‘new’man,withnewways,andagoodstockofnewpushandimpudence.Allthesame,hewasclever,shrewdanddiplomatic,andforsomereasonorother,hadsecuredthefavourofacertainportionofthepress,manyofthedailiesandweekliesalwaysgivingspecialprominencetohispublicationsovertheheadsofotherfarmorelegitimatelydealingfirms.Heenteredintoapartialexplanationofhismethods,when,onthemorningaftermyfirstmeetingwiththeEarlofEltonandhisdaughter,Icalleduponhimtoinquirehowthingsweregoingwithregardtomybook.

           "Weshallpublishnextweek,"—hesaid,rubbinghishandscomplacently,andaddressingmewithallthedeferenceduetomybankingaccount—"Andasyoudon’tmindwhatyouspend,I’lltellyoujustwhatIproposetodo.

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