So Well Remembered
“John Channing, of Stoneclough, recalled the Channing Mill crash of a generation ago—an event notable in the history of our town both on account of the number of its victims and the sensational criminal trial that followed it…”
When George handed this to Will Spivey, his sub-editor, printer, proof-reader, ad-salesman, and general all-purposes assistant, the latter scrutinized it, grunted, then carefully blue-pencilled the word “suspicious”.
“You can’t say that, George.”
“Why not? Isn...’t it true?”
“Have ye never heard ‘the greater the truth the greater the libel’?”
“Libel? Who’s libelling who?”
“The verdict at the inquest was ‘accidental death’.”
“Aye, and everybody knows why—because old Whiteside was coroner and made ‘em believe what the girl said… As if anyone sober or in his right mind would be taking walks in the clough at night during the worst storm for years—”MoreLess
When George handed this to Will Spivey, his sub-editor, printer, proof-reader, ad-salesman, and general all-purposes assistant, the latter scrutinized it, grunted, then carefully blue-pencilled the word “suspicious”.
“You can’t say that, George.”
“Why not? Isn...’t it true?”
“Have ye never heard ‘the greater the truth the greater the libel’?”
“Libel? Who’s libelling who?”
“The verdict at the inquest was ‘accidental death’.”
“Aye, and everybody knows why—because old Whiteside was coroner and made ‘em believe what the girl said… As if anyone sober or in his right mind would be taking walks in the clough at night during the worst storm for years—”MoreLess
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