Auth. Very good. Edwin's father was an Arctic explorer. Write under sketch, "The old man had many a startling adventure in the silent land of eternal snow." Go on.
Pub. Here is, seemingly, a quarrel to the death, in the time of Charles the Second. Ball-room, with Cavaliers and their Ladies. Central group, a fight with swords. Can we do anything with it?
Auth. Why, certainly. Edwin excites the jealousy of Angelina's cousin Reginald. The latter calls out the former at a fancy-dress dance. Label it—"Captain de Courcy was too impatient to wait until the ball was over, but challenged his rival as the company were on the eve of going down to supper." Drive on!
Pub. This seems rather a puzzle,—a ship sinking in mid-ocean.
Auth. The very thing. Edwin having lost all his money on the Stock Exchange, goes to Australia for more gold. Label—"The storm was terrific, and the Belgravia had much difficulty in weathering this gale of almost unprecedented violence". Next, please!
Pub. Why here are some sketches of Venice, St. Petersburg, China, and North Wales.
Auth. I can take them en bloc. Edwin and Angelina, before they return home, go upon a honeymoon. Work them all in. Anything else?
Pub. A man being shot by a company of French soldiers. Is that of any use?
Auth. First-rate fate for the wicked Reginald. Goes to France during the Franco-German War as a Special Correspondent, and is shot as a Prussian spy. Couldn't be better. Anything else?
Pub. A village crowd looking at a representation of "Punch and Judy."