There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
— Oscar Wilde
When every morning, you receive a fresh, ink-scented copy of The Times from a newsboy, what is the first thing you do?
Different people have different focuses.
Dickens always habitually flips through the domestic news to find material for his writing.
Mr. Disraeli, whose seat in the Lower House is unstable, will repeatedly search for news from his district, Maidstone in Kent County.
Eld, on the other hand, holding a piece of cottage bread, sips a cup of tea while praying to God that today's paper might have some London "love" stories.
As for Sir Arthur Hastings?
Since 1830, he has developed a peculiar habit while reading the newspaper.
He would subconsciously search for his name in the newspaper, and when he saw someone named Arthur appear in an article, his heart would race. But if that person's surname wasn't Hastings, he couldn't help but feel stifled.
