Chasing Time

“Next, we have the most noble recipient of the Order of the Garter, the Grand Cross of Saint Michael and Saint George, the Grand Cross of the Bath, the Victoria Cross and the lower grades of Knighthood, the leader of the anti-colonial movement, the bell-ringer of the East India Company, the hero of the Crimean War, a Fellow of the Royal Society, a lifelong dear friend of literary giants such as Dickens and Great Dumas, a steadfast supporter of scientific luminaries like Faraday and Darwin, having served as assistant under-secretary, deputy under-secretary, and permanent under-secretary in departments of the Home Office and the Navy Department of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the inaugural Cabinet Secretary and head of the civil service, the first graduate and most distinguished alumnus of our school. Please welcome Sir Arthur Hastings to deliver a speech on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the University of London.”
Arthur's gaze swept across the crowd before him, looking at the young faces and murmured, “Agares, what do you think I should say?”
The Red Devil's wraith hovered behind him, saliva almost dribbling from the corner of his mouth, “Look at these ignorant souls; they still worship you as a hero. Why not say something they'd like to hear?”
Arthur took a deep breath and let out a deafening roar, “Oxford is a bunch of whores' bastards!”
“Oh!!!!”
The audience erupted into thunderous applause.
“Cambridge is the same!” he added immediately.
The applause grew even more fervent...
(The protagonist, possessed by a devil, travels through 19th-century Britain in a world without magic)

The Shadow of Great Britain

And my consideration was that if I, on behalf of "The British," rejected Mr. Campbell, they would definitely end up approaching Mr. Cobbett, a fellow member of the Westminster Association, requesting his permission to publish those articles in "The Poor Man's Guardian."


Once the articles fell into Cobbett's hands, I wouldn't even have the power to suggest amendments. Your Excellency, you must realize this point, that it would be disastrous for the impact on Cabinet policy.


Rather than hand the enemy's weapon to a mentally unstable madman, it's safer to keep it in our own hands. Therefore, even though it meant sacrificing a part of "The British's" objectivity and fairness, as well as a part of the reputation we had just started to build in the literary world, the editorial department still reluctantly rolled out that supplement named "The Economist."


Chapter 241: Hastings Worried about the Country and the People (5K4)_3