"I can assure you it most certainly is, sir." George said back in an equally insistent tone, "Whether or not you know it to be an untruth. Such malicious and ridiculous stories I would expect to see in The Huntsman or some other poor excuse for a news paper, but not in yours. There are a great many people who have read this... this rubbish this morning and are now laughing at you, your editor, and your paper. But if that is how you wish to run your business into the ground than so be it." He finished, "I did not think, Mr Horrigan, that you were a man so influenced by monster-stories."