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Chapter 7

           Theartof‘booming’isthuseasilyexplained,andlevel-headedpeoplewillbeabletocomprehendwhyitisthatafewnamesofauthorsareconstantlymentionedinthepress,whileothers,perhapsmoredeserving,remainignored.Meritcountsasnothinginsuchcircumstances—moneywinstheday.Andthepersistentparagraphingofmyname,togetherwithadescriptionofmypersonalappearanceandmy‘marvellousliterarygifts,’combinedwithadeferentialandalmostawe-struckallusiontothe‘millions’whichmademesointeresting—(theparagraphwaswrittenoutbyLucioandhandedforcirculationtothe‘agency’aforesaidwith‘moneydown’)—allthisIsaybroughtuponmetwoinflictions—first,anyamountofinvitationstosocialandartisticfunctions—andsecondly,acontinuousstreamofbegging-letters.Iwascompelledtoemployasecretary,whooccupiedaroomnearmysuite,andwhowaskepthardatworkallday.NeedlesstosayIrefusedallappealsformoney;—noonehadhelpedmeinmydistress,withtheexceptionofmyoldchum‘Boffles,’—noonesavehehadgivenmeevensomuchasawordofsympathy—IwasresolvednowtobeashardandasmercilessasIhadfoundmycontemporaries.Ihadacertaingrimpleasureinreadinglettersfromtwoorthreeliterarymen,askingforwork‘assecretaryorcompanion,’orfailingthat,fortheloanofalittlecashto‘tideoverpresentdifficulties.’

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