The Ghost of Waterloo
“Rossi was absent but some other friends and acquaintances were there – and so too was a stranger, who recognised Dunne and introduced himself as one who had served on St Helena when Napoleon Bonaparte was there.
It was no accident that this man, who called himself Josiah Bagley, was now prepared to regale the Patterer (and those of his circle within earshot) with a most interesting tale. For he was responding to a move that Dunne had initially regarded as a gamble; now, like a wager on a bu...rst of athleticism from the Flying Pieman, it was one that paid off.
In a role reversal, the news-hawker had become a customer, placing the same advertisement in The Gazette and its rivals, The Australian, The Monitor and The Gleaner. At the going rate of two shillings and sixpence for the first eight lines (plus a penny for each extra line), one insertion of his twelve lines cost two shillings and ten pence. The four appearances added up to eleven shillings and four pence.MoreLess
It was no accident that this man, who called himself Josiah Bagley, was now prepared to regale the Patterer (and those of his circle within earshot) with a most interesting tale. For he was responding to a move that Dunne had initially regarded as a gamble; now, like a wager on a bu...rst of athleticism from the Flying Pieman, it was one that paid off.
In a role reversal, the news-hawker had become a customer, placing the same advertisement in The Gazette and its rivals, The Australian, The Monitor and The Gleaner. At the going rate of two shillings and sixpence for the first eight lines (plus a penny for each extra line), one insertion of his twelve lines cost two shillings and ten pence. The four appearances added up to eleven shillings and four pence.MoreLess
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