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He had been reading 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. 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
a little hard thinking, while Miss Nitocris, after seeing to certain household matters, sat down in his study and read the papers, in order that she might be able to give him a synopsis of the world's news at lunch. He did not read the newspapers himself, except, perhaps, in the train, when he had nothing better to do. He took no interest in politics, for one thing, and he had still less interest in professional cricket and football, racing, and what is generally called sport. He had a fixed opinion that all the events happening in the world which really mattered, not even excepting the proceedings of learned societies and the criminal and civil Law Courts, could be adequately recorded on a couple of sheets of notepaper. In other words, he had an absolute contempt for everything that makes a newspaper sell, and therefore his daughter had very soon learnt to omit these fascinating items entirely. Curiously enough, his mind seemed to be running on this subject of all things that morning. OLL ON THE COMMON TO PUT IN A LITTLE HARD THINKING WHILE MISS NIDICHUS AFTER SEEING TO CERTAIN HOUSEHOLD MATTERS SAT DOWN IN HIS STUDY AND READ THE PAPERS IN ORDER THAT SHE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GIVE HIM A SYNOPSIS OF THE WORLD'S NEWS AT LUNCH HE DID NOT READ THE NEWSPAPERS HIMSELF EXCEPT PERHAPS IN THE TRAIN WHEN HE HAD NOTHING BETTER TO DO HE TOOK NO INTEREST IN POLITICS FOR ONE THING AND HE HAD LESS INTEREST IN PROFESSIONAL CRICKET AND FOOTBALL RACING IN WHAT IS GENERALLY CALLED SPORT HE HAD A FIXED OPINION THAT ALL THE EVENTS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD WHICH REALLY MATTERED NOT EVEN EXCEPTING THE PROCEEDINGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES AND THE CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAW COURTS COULD ADEQUATELY BE RECORDED ON A COUPLE OF SHEETS OF NEW PAPER IN OTHER WORDS HE HAD AN ABSOLUTE CONTEMPT FOR EVERYTHING THAT MAKES A NEWSPAPER SELL AND THEREFORE HIS DAUGHTER HAD VERY SOON LEARNED TO ADMIT THESE FASCINATING ITEMS ENTIRELY CURIOUSLY ENOUGH HIS MIND SEEMED TO BE RUNNING ON THIS SUBJECT OF ALL THINGS THAT MORNING
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