’Iunderstandyou，’saidI；’notwithstandingyourtroublesandanxietiesyoufindlifeverytolerable；hasyouroriginalityeverbeencalledinquestion？’
’Onthecontrary，everyonedeclaresthatoriginalityconstitutesthemostremarkablefeatureofmywritings；themanhassomefaults，theysay，butwantoforiginalityiscertainlynotoneofthem。Heisquitedifferentfromothers-acertainnewspaper，itistrue，the-Ithink，onceinsinuatedthatinacertainworkofmineIhadtakenahintortwofromthewritingsofacoupleofauthorswhichitmentioned；ithappened，however，thatIhadneverevenreadonesyllableofthewritingsofeither，andofoneofthemhadneverevenheardthename；somuchforthediscriminationofthe。Bythebye，whatarascallynewspaperthatis!’
’Averyrascallynewspaper，’saidI。
CHAPTERLXVII
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