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Chapter 16

           Thechorusofeulogywaswell-nighuniversal;Iwasthe‘geniusoftheday’—the‘hopeofthefuturegeneration,’—Iwasthe"BookoftheMonth,"—thegreatest,thewittiest,mostversatile,mostbrilliantscribblingpigmythathadeverhonouredapotofinkbyusingit!OfcourseIfiguredasMcWhing’s‘discovery,’—fivehundredpoundsbestowedonhismysterious‘charity’hadsosharpenedhiseyesightthathehadperceivedmeshiningbrightlyontheliteraryhorizonbeforeanyoneelsehaddoneso.Thepressfollowedhis‘lead’obediently—forthoughthepress—theEnglishpressatleast—isdistinctlyunbribable,theownersofnewspapersarenotinsensibletotheadvantagesoflargelypayingadvertisements.Moreover,whenMrMcWhingannouncedmeashis‘find’intheoracularstylewhichdistinguishedhim,someotherliterarygentlemencameforwardandwroteeffectivearticlesaboutme,andsentmetheircompositionscarefullymarked.Itookthehint—wroteatoncetothankthem,andinvitedthemtodinner.Theycame,andfeastedroyallywithRimânezandmyself;—(oneofthemwrotean‘Ode’tomeafterwards)—andattheconclusionoftherevels,wesenttwoofthe‘oracles’home,considerablyovercomebychampagne,inacarriagewithAmieltolookafterthem,andhelpthemoutattheirowndoors.Andmy‘boom’expanded—London‘talked’asIhadsaiditshould;thegrowlingmonstermetropolisdiscussedmeandmyworkinitsownindependentandpeculiarfashion.

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