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Chapter 42

           Amanwhohastoomuchmoneycreatesforgersandthievesabouthimhecannotexpecttomeetwithhonesty.LetthebankprosecuteifitlikesIshallnot.Iamfree!freetoworkformyliving.WhatIearnIshallenjoywhatIinherited,Ihavelearnttoloathe!"

           WiththatIlefthim,puzzledandirateandinadayortwothepaperswerefullofstrangestoriesconcerningme,andnumerousliesaswell.Iwascalled‘mad,’‘unprincipled,’‘thwartingtheendsofjustice,’—andsundryothernames,whilescurrilouscivilitiesknownonlytothepennyparagraphistwereheapeduponmebythescore.Tocompletemyentiresatisfaction,amanonthestaffofoneoftheleadingjournals,dugoutmybookfromMudie’sundergroundcellar,and‘slashed’itwithabitternessandvenomonlyexcelledbymyownviolencewhenanonymouslylibellingtheworkofMavisClare!Andtheresultwasremarkableforinasuddenwindofcaprice,thepublicmadearushformyneglectedliteraryoffspringtheytookitup,handledittenderly,readitlingeringly,foundsomethinginitthatpleasedthem,andfinallyboughtitbythousands!...whereattheastuteMorgeson,asvirtuouspublisher,wrotetomeinwonderandcongratulation,enclosingachequeforahundredpoundson‘royalties,’andpromisingmoreinduecourse,shouldthe‘run’continue.

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