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Three Hundred a Year!
This amusing tale of Owen's application to be Drinkwater's manager is taken largely from Owen's Autobiography.

Relief has Come
Several years after writing this chapter, I discovered a historical anachronism, i.e., some event is chronologically out of place. I decided to leave the error since I liked my version better than the historical version. Can you figure out the anachronism? If you think you have it, send me an email, and I'll let you know if you're correct.