He looked across at the Editor, who was a rare visitor, and hoped he was all right.
Then, 'Remarkable Behaviour of an Eminent Scientist,' I heard the Editor say, thinking (after his wont) in headlines.
'You don't understand that what imposes on common folk would never hoodwink an editor.'
'Ah, I'm sure there are better ways of getting round an editor than that.'
Felix will edit the jokes and the Information Bureau, and Cecily must be fashion editor. Yes, you must, Sis.
"We will, if you'll be fiction and poetry editor," I said.
"No, the editor wouldn't take it," she answered briefly.
But I understand editors have a prejudice against sad endings.
Blockhead-Hans became King, got a wife and a crown, and sat on the throne; and this we have still damp from the newspaper of the
editor and the reporters--and they are not to be believed for a moment.
It has been well observed that when a writer has a story rejected he should send that story to another
editor, but that when he has one accepted he should send another story to that
editor.
Why, sir, if my father had been plunged in such deplorable circumstances, I should have thrashed the
editor of that vile sheet within an inch of his life.
But the waiting
editors elected to keep on waiting.