Like "British gentlemen concerned about public morality," "an anonymous noblewoman," "a well-informed insider from Whitehall."
Of course, occasionally they would play new tricks. When they criticized Arthur for shooting under the Tower of London, they used "written by a friend of truth."
"A piano prodigy playing with fire..." Arthur muttered, seeming to appreciate this anonymously authored piece.
He raised his hand and used the wooden stem of his pipe to slide down the newspaper line by line, as the gears in his mind began to turn.
This writing style was very familiar, the whole piece was fluent and colloquial. The habit of adding a "we understand" or "as is well known" at the end of a sentence to pad the word count for extra remuneration was not something a rookie journalist with an immature writing style and cautious mindset could easily mimic.
