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Chapter 16

           "AlltheEnglish(notforeign)editorsandjournalists!"saidLuciowithanairofpiousrapture—"andwhy?Becausetheyaresogood,sojust,sounprejudiced!Theirforeignbrethrenwillbereservedfortheeternaldanceofdevilsofcourse—buttheBritisherswillpacethegoldenstreetssingingAlleluia!IassureyouIconsiderBritishjournalistsgenerallythenoblestexamplesofincorruptibilityintheworld—theycomenexttotheclergyasrepresentativesofvirtue,andexponentsofthethreeevangelicalcounsels—voluntarypoverty,chastity,andobedience!"Suchmockeryglitteredinhiseyes,thatthelightinthemmighthavebeenthereflectionofclashingsteel."Beconsoled,Geoffrey,"heresumed—"yourfameishonourablywon.Youhavesimply,throughme,approachedonecriticwhowritesinabouttwentynewspapersandinfluencesotherstowriteinothertwenty—thatcriticbeinganoblecreature,(allcriticsarenoblecreatures)hasapet‘society’forthereliefofauthorsinneed(anobleschemeyouwillown)andtothischarityIsubscribeoutofpurebenevolence,fivehundredpounds.Movedbymygenerosityandconsideration,(particularlyasIdonotaskwhatbecomesofthefivehundred)McWhing‘obliges’meinalittlematter.Theeditorsofthepapersforwhichhewritesaccepthimasawiseandwittypersonage;theyknownothingaboutthecharityorthecheque—itisnotnecessaryforthemtoknow.

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