Chapter XXI: Epilogue: From The Morning Post

DIMSDALE--TRENTHAM.--On the 11th inst., at the Parish Church,
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FOOTNOTES:

[A] The _Daily Chronicle_ has since investigated this and conclusively proved it to be a fable. It seems that human excellence still has altitudes to scale.

[B] It should be noted that at the Oval it is invariably “a crowd.” At Lord’s it is correct to say “a company.”

[C] This incident of the toss seems so impossible that in the nature of things it ought to be quite true. As a matter of fact, it is quite true, having actually come within the writer’s experience. Artistically, though, the accident of its occurrence makes it neither the more defensible nor the less incredible. Art ought not to subscribe to the Press Association.

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