Priscilla and Charybdis: A Story of AlternativesMoore, Frank Frankfort
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Priscilla and Charybdis: A Story of Alternatives
Moore, Frank Frankfort
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Following this was the account of an interview with Mr. Wingfield, M.P.,
who, it appeared, had already taken action in the matter on behalf
of the lady referred to by Mr. Blaydon. The interviewer succeeded in
conveying to a reader something of what he termed the “breezy colloquial
style” of Mr. Wingfield, in the latter’s references to the Enoch
Ardenism of Mr. Blaydon; but very little appeared in the account of the
interview that had not actually taken place at the interview itself.
Readers of the newspapers were made fully acquainted with the fact that
Messrs. Liscomb and Liscomb had already made a move in the case, and
that the invaluable services of Sir Edward had been retained for the
lady, and also that the lady was living at Overdean Manor House, which
chanced to be the residence of Mr. Wingfield, M.P., and that it was
her intention to remain there for a period that was not defined by the
writer. He refrained from even the suggestion that the period might be
“till the case is decided by the court.”
The remainder of the column was occupied by a pleasant description of
Overdean Manor Park in early August, with a quotation from the “Highways
and Byways” series, and a brief account of the Wingfield family.
Of course, in addition to these particulars which appeared in most of
the newspapers, the illustrated dailies contained a reproduction of the
recently-used “blocks” of Mr. and Mrs. Wingfield on their now celebrated
election campaign, as well as some entirely new photographs of the Manor
House, and Athalsdean Farm, the birthplace of “Mrs. Wingfield”--nearly
all the newspapers referred to Priscilla as Mrs. Wingfield, inside
quotation marks; but three or four omitted the quotation marks, and an
equal number, who were sticklers for strict accuracy, called her Mrs.
Blaydon, though one of them half apologised for its accuracy by adding
“as we suppose we must call the unfortunate lady.”
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