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Chapter 7

           Theartof‘booming’isthuseasilyexplained,andlevel-headedpeoplewillbeabletocomprehendwhyitisthatafewnamesofauthorsareconstantlymentionedinthepress,whileothers,perhapsmoredeserving,remainignored.Meritcountsasnothinginsuchcircumstancesmoneywinstheday.Andthepersistentparagraphingofmyname,togetherwithadescriptionofmypersonalappearanceandmy‘marvellousliterarygifts,’combinedwithadeferentialandalmostawe-struckallusiontothe‘millions’whichmademesointeresting(theparagraphwaswrittenoutbyLucioandhandedforcirculationtothe‘agency’aforesaidwith‘moneydown’)allthisIsaybroughtuponmetwoinflictionsfirst,anyamountofinvitationstosocialandartisticfunctionsandsecondly,acontinuousstreamofbegging-letters.Iwascompelledtoemployasecretary,whooccupiedaroomnearmysuite,andwhowaskepthardatworkallday.NeedlesstosayIrefusedallappealsformoney;noonehadhelpedmeinmydistress,withtheexceptionofmyoldchum‘Boffles,’noonesavehehadgivenmeevensomuchasawordofsympathyIwasresolvednowtobeashardandasmercilessasIhadfoundmycontemporaries.Ihadacertaingrimpleasureinreadinglettersfromtwoorthreeliterarymen,askingforwork‘assecretaryorcompanion,’orfailingthat,fortheloanofalittlecashto‘tideoverpresentdifficulties.

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