As Berry And I Were Saying (2013)
““‘Let’s talk of’ ramps, of dupes and sophistry, ‘And tell sad stories of the’ state of things.”
“Now we’re off,” said Daphne. “What are you going to expose?”
“No vulgarity, please,” said her husband. “I am about to contribute to this heterogeneous volume a little dissertation of indisputable value. I don’t suppose that, as a result, my remains will be buried in Westminster Abbey: but, though I know my world well enough to realize that it will do no good, I shall at least have set out the honest... and considered opinion of many God-fearing men and women, all of whom are impatient of chicanery.
“In my lifetime, I have witnessed two ramps or swindles, neither of which has been confined to the few, neither of which has suffered from exposure, both of which have proved remarkably lucrative to their promoters, both of which are today – such is the credulity of man – firmly established. In each case, with many others, I supposed the ramp or swindle to have attained the ephemeral dignity of the vogue and that, after an indecent interval, those duped would kick themselves – and, possibly also, the promoters – while the ramp or swindle sank into the pit of obloquy.MoreLess
“Now we’re off,” said Daphne. “What are you going to expose?”
“No vulgarity, please,” said her husband. “I am about to contribute to this heterogeneous volume a little dissertation of indisputable value. I don’t suppose that, as a result, my remains will be buried in Westminster Abbey: but, though I know my world well enough to realize that it will do no good, I shall at least have set out the honest... and considered opinion of many God-fearing men and women, all of whom are impatient of chicanery.
“In my lifetime, I have witnessed two ramps or swindles, neither of which has been confined to the few, neither of which has suffered from exposure, both of which have proved remarkably lucrative to their promoters, both of which are today – such is the credulity of man – firmly established. In each case, with many others, I supposed the ramp or swindle to have attained the ephemeral dignity of the vogue and that, after an indecent interval, those duped would kick themselves – and, possibly also, the promoters – while the ramp or swindle sank into the pit of obloquy.MoreLess
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