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Chapter 16

           Youhavenot‘bought’theincorruptibleBritishPress;youcouldnotdothat;thatisimpossible,foritisimmaculate,andbristlesstifflyalloverwithhonourableprinciples.ThereisnoEnglishpaperexistingthatwouldacceptachequefortheinsertionofanoticeoraparagraph;notone!"Hiseyestwinkledmerrilythenhewenton"NoitisonlytheForeignPressthatiscorrupt,sotheBritishPresssays;JohnBulllooksonvirtuouslyaghastatjournalistswho,indirestressofpoverty,willactuallyearnalittleextrapayforwritingsomethingorsomebody‘up’or‘down.ThankHeaven,heemploysnosuchjournalists;hispressmenaretheverysoulofrectitude,andwillstoicallysubsistonapoundaweekratherthantaketenforacasualjob‘toobligeafriend.DoyouknowGeoffrey,whentheJudgmentDayarrives,whowillbeamongthefirstsaintstoascendtoHeavenwiththesoundingoftrumpets?"

           Ishookmyhead,halfvexed,halfamused.

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