CHAPTER XI
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The printing and binding of "Edgar and Lilian" took two months to get itself done. The book was subscribed to the tune of one hundred and twenty-seven thousand in Great Britain alone. In America the figures baffled all computation. The sales on publication—but enough of these dry business details. Suffice it that "Edgar and Lilian" was quite a success.
As in the case of "Trixie," the reviews were mostly favourable, and there was an immense number of them. The Archdeacon had his work cut out to read them
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