The novel is Miss Hawk's "On the Boards." How will the editor get out of this ?' 'H'm! Of course Mr Fadge is not immediately responsible; but it'll be unpleasant for him, decidedly unpleasant.' He smiled grimly.

'You hear this, Marian ?' 'How is it explained, father ?' 'May be accident, of course; but--well, there's no knowing.

I think it very likely this will be the end of Mr Fadge's tenure of office.
Rackett, the proprietor, only wants a plausible excuse for making a change.

The paper has been going downhill for the last year; I know of two publishing houses who have withdrawn their advertising from it, and who never send their books for review.

Everyone foresaw that kind of thing from the day Mr Fadge became editor.