Mr. Ford is not one of those puzzle builders, who, grown sated with
simple things, grow perverse in their madness for the dark and
recondite. And, if you are inclined to call Mr. Ford a Master of
Unkeyed Letters—well, just try your hand at constructing a twenty-one
square puzzle.
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