I shook my head. "There are some you'll never cure," I said.

"There'd be stubborn cases, I won't deny. And a few incurables, as

you say. But the first thing to do is to advertise the idea. You make

a speech about it, Sir. When you're proposing a vote of thanks to

a Duchess for openin' a bazaar, you bring it up. I've heard people

before now take that kind of opportunity to bring something forward

what they'd got on their chest."

"I'm not likely to get a chance like that," I said; "but I'll see if I

can write an article about it."

Whether Digweed will consider the article worthy of the subject I

cannot say. Perhaps the Editor of _Punch_ is less fastidious.

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