19. See Chapter XLIII. “You’ve been a prophesyin’ away very fine like a
red-faced Nixon as the sixpenny books gives picters on.” The allusion is
to Robert Nixon, the Cheshire prophet. See _Notes and Queries_, first
series, vol. viii., pp. 257 and 326; and fourth series, vol. xi., pp. 171
and 265. Nixon’s prophecies have been frequently published in the form
of chapbooks, and were probably current at the time with a
highly-coloured portrait.
20. The first requisition may be complied with by reference to Chapter
XLIII. The following is answered in Chapter X.