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“Hurrah for old Calloway! He’s done the Japs and ever paper in town that prints literature instead of news. Take a look at that.”
Thus had Vesey set forth the reading of the code:
Foregone—conclusionPreconcerted—arrangementRash—actWitching—hour of midnightGoes—without sayingMuffled—reportRumour—hath itMine—hostDark—horseSilent—majorityUnfortunate—pedestrians[1]Richmond—in the fieldExisting—conditionsGreat—White WayHotly—contestedBrute—forceSelect—fewMooted—questionParlous—timesBeggars—descriptionYe—correspondentAngel—unawaresIncontrovertible—fact
“It’s simply newspaper English,” explained Vesey. “I’ve been reporting on the Enterprise long enough to
- ↑ Mr. Vesey afterward explained that the logical journalistic complement of the word “unfortunate” was once the word “victim.” But, since the automobile became so popular, the correct following word is now “pedestrians.” Of course, in Calloway’s code it meant infantry.
