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He smiled gravely as he thought of the inkshed that would come to pass in a _combat à l'outrance_ between the Three Dimensionists and the Four Dimensionists, and how the distinguished scientists on each side would hurl their ponderous thunderbolts of wisdom against each other. HE SMILED GRAVELY AS HE THOUGHT ABOUT THE INK SHED THAT WOULD COME TO PASS IN COMBAT E LA AU TRANCE BETWEEN THE THREE DIMENCIALISTS AND THE FOUR DIMENCILLISTS AND HOW THE DISTINGUISHED SCIENTISTS ON EACH SIDE WOULD HURL THEIR PONDEROUS THUNDERBOLTS OF WISDOM AGAINST EACH OTHER
an article in the _Fortnightly_ on the growing sensationalism, and therefore the general decadence of the English Press a day or two before, and this had got connected up in his thoughts with the amazing happenings of the last twelve hours, and he asked himself what would happen if he were to give the narrative of his experiences in a letter to the _Times_, supported by the authority of his own distinguished and irreproachable name. Certainly it would be the most sensational communication that had ever appeared in a newspaper. In a day or two, granted always that the _Times_ had no doubts as to his sanity and printed the letter, the whole Press would be ablaze with it; Wimbledon would be besieged by reporters eager to see miracles; and then they would go away and write lurid articles, some about the miracles, if they saw them, and some about an absolutely new form of conjuring that he had invented. Then the scientific Press would take it up, and a very merry battle of wits would begin.  THAT MORNING HE HAD BEEN READING AN ARTICLE IN A FORTNIGHT ON A GROWING SENSATIONALISM AND THEREFORE A GENERAL DECADENCE OF THE ENGLISH PRESS A DAY OR TWO BEFORE AND THIS HAD GOT CONNECTED UP IN HIS THOUGHTS WITH THE AMAZING HAPPENINGS OF THE LAST TWELVE HOURS AND HE ASKED HIMSELF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF HE WOULD GIVE THE NARRATIVE OF HIS EXPERIENCES IN A LETTER TO THE TIMES SUPPORTED BY THE AUTHORITY OF HIS OWN DISTINGUISHED AND IRREPROACHABLE NAME CERTAINLY IT WOULD BE THE MOST SENSATIONAL COMMUNICATION THAT HAD EVER APPEARED IN A NEWSPAPER IN A DAY OR TWO GRANTED ALWAYS THAT THE TIMES HAD NO DOUBTS AS TO HIS SANITY AND PRINTED THE LETTER THE WHOLE PRESS WOULD BE ABLAZE WITH IT WIMBLETON WOULD BE BESIEGED BY REPORTERS EAGER TO SEE MIRACLES AND THEN THEY WOULD GO AWAY AND WRITE LURID ARTICLES SOME ABOUT THE MIRACLES IF THEY SAW THEM AND SOME ABOUT AN ABSOLUTELY NEW FORM OF CONJURING THAT HAD BEEN EVEN THEN THE SCIENTIFIC PRESS WOULD TAKE IT UP AND A VERY MERRY BATTLE OF WITS WOULD BEGIN
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