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"
Do
you
call
that
course
of
procedure
honest
?
"
I
asked
quietly
.
"
Honest
?
My
dear
sir
!
Honest
?
"
And
his
countenance
wore
a
virtuously
injured
expression
--
"
Of
course
it
is
honest
!
Look
at
the
daily
papers
!
Such
announcements
appear
every
day
--
in
fact
they
are
getting
rather
too
common
.
I
freely
admit
that
there
are
a
few
publishers
here
and
there
who
stick
up
for
exactitude
and
go
to
the
trouble
of
not
only
giving
the
number
of
copies
in
an
Edition
,
but
also
publishing
the
date
of
each
one
as
it
was
issued
--
this
may
be
principle
if
they
like
to
call
it
so
,
but
it
involves
a
great
deal
of
precise
calculation
and
worry
!
If
the
public
like
to
be
deceived
,
what
is
the
use
of
being
exact
!
Now
,
to
resume
--
your
second
edition
will
be
sent
off
'
on
sale
or
return
'
to
provincial
booksellers
,
and
then
we
shall
announce
--
"
In
consequence
of
the
Enormous
Demand
for
the
new
novel
by
Geoffrey
Tempest
,
the
Large
Second
Edition
is
out
of
print
.
A
Third
will
be
issued
in
the
course
of
next
week
.
"
And
so
on
,
and
so
on
,
till
we
get
to
the
sixth
or
seventh
edition
(
always
numbering
two
hundred
and
fifty
each
)
in
three
volumes
;
perhaps
we
can
by
skilful
management
work
it
to
a
tenth
.
It
is
only
a
question
of
diplomacy
and
a
little
dexterous
humbugging
of
the
trade
.
Then
we
shall
arrive
at
the
one-volume
issue
,
which
will
require
different
handling
.
But
there
's
time
enough
for
that
.
The
frequent
advertisements
will
add
to
the
expense
a
bit
,
but
if
you
do
n't
mind
--
"
"
I
do
n't
mind
anything
,
"
I
said
--
"
so
long
as
I
have
my
fun
.
"
Your
fun
?
"
he
queried
surprisedly
--
"
I
thought
it
was
fame
you
wanted
,
more
than
fun
!
"
I
laughed
aloud
.
"
I
'm
not
such
a
fool
as
to
suppose
that
fame
is
secured
by
advertisement
,
"
I
said
--
"
For
instance
I
am
one
of
those
who
think
the
fame
of
Millais
as
an
artist
was
marred
when
he
degraded
himself
to
the
level
of
painting
the
little
green
boy
blowing
bubbles
of
Pears
's
Soap
.
That
was
an
advertisement
.
And
that
very
incident
in
his
career
,
trifling
though
it
seems
,
will
prevent
his
ever
standing
on
the
same
dignified
height
of
distinction
with
such
masters
in
art
as
Romney
,
Sir
Peter
Lely
,
Gainsborough
or
Reynolds
.
"
"
I
believe
there
is
a
great
deal
of
justice
in
what
you
say
;
"
and
Morgeson
shook
his
head
wisely
--
"
Viewed
from
a
purely
artistic
and
sentimental
standpoint
you
are
right
.
"
And
he
became
suddenly
downcast
and
dubious
.
"
Yes
--
it
is
a
most
extraordinary
thing
how
fame
does
escape
people
sometimes
just
when
they
seem
on
the
point
of
grasping
it
.
They
are
'
boomed
'
in
every
imaginable
way
,
and
yet
after
a
time
nothing
will
keep
them
up
.
And
there
are
others
again
who
get
kicked
and
buffeted
and
mocked
and
derided
--
--
"
"
Like
Christ
?
"
I
interposed
with
a
half
smile
.
He
looked
shocked
--
he
was
a
Non-conformist
--
but
remembering
in
time
how
rich
I
was
,
he
bowed
with
a
meek
patience
.
"
Yes
"
--
and
he
sighed
--
"
as
you
suggest
,
Mr
Tempest
,
like
Christ
.
"
Mocked
and
derided
and
opposed
at
every
turn
--
and
yet
by
the
queerest
caprice
of
destiny
,
they
succeed
in
winning
a
world-wide
fame
and
power
--
--
"
