People said of the new journal, _Good Humour_--people of taste and
judgment, that it was the brightest, the cleverest, the most literary
penny weekly that ever had been offered to the public. This made Peter
Hope, editor and part-proprietor, very happy. William Clodd, business
manager, and also part-proprietor, it left less elated.
"Must be careful," said William Clodd, "that we don't make it too clever.
Happy medium, that's the ideal."
People said--people of taste and judgment, that _Good Humour_ was more
worthy of support than all the other penny weeklies put together. People
of taste and judgment even went so far, some of them, as to buy it. Peter
Hope, looking forward, saw fame and fortune coming to him.