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head, & set the myth afloat.
That my 'adventures' were in
any sense the 'original' of the
youth is entirely untrue, &
there are plenty of old BNC
men who could certify that,
if it were worthwhile. But
as you have given indirectly
a kind of currency to the idea
that there even was a real
V.G. in the College, I thought
it worth while to tell you the
truth about it, & leave it to
you to modify the tale in any
future edition. Of course, I
don't care to have my name
mentioned in the matter now,
nor is it of any great moment,
but the legend is in itself
utterly baseless beyond what
I have stated - & that being so,