Footnote

Hilarious anecdote re Praed [pronounced 'Prade'] –

A man goes into a bookshop and asks 'Have you Browning?'
'No' says the bookseller. 'We can't sell him. People say they can't understand him.'
'Have you Praed?' asks the customer.
'Yes, we've prayed, and we still can't understand him.'

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