“In the innocence of second childhood Mr. Justice Shallow said to Ancient Pistol: ‘If, sir, you come with news from the court, I take it there’s but two ways — either to utter them or to conceal them.’ That, as other children say, was all that Shallow knew. For of uttering them alone, there are three ways, apart from all the ways of concealing them. At any rate there are three ways of trying to make them attractive when uttered. You may state them about twice as big as they are, or about half as big as they are, or, if you have skill and complete confidence in your skill, you may state them only just as big as they are.” (C. E. Montague, 1930, A Writer’s Notes on His Trade).